to run someone down

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English - Turkish
(araç ile) birini çiğnemek
birini kötülemek, haksız şekilde eleştirmek
Turkish - English
To find something or someone after searching for a long time

I finally managed to run down that report. I had filed it incorrectly.

To hit someone with a car or other vehicle and injure or kill them

He was run down while crossing the main road.

To criticize someone or an organisation, often unfairly

Don't run yourself down so much!.

To read quickly a list or other short text

Running down the list of suggestions, I can see three we can discard immediately.

A played used by fielders to tag out a runner caught between bases
trace; "We are running down a few tips"
dilapidated, ramshackle; exhausted, weakened
If someone runs down an amount of something, they reduce it or allow it to decrease. But the survey also revealed firms were running down stocks instead of making new products
trace; "We are running down a few tips
move downward; "The water ran down"
If a machine or device runs down, it gradually loses power or works more slowly. The batteries are running down. see also run-down
pursue until captured; "They ran down the fugitive"
Same as retrieve
use up all one's strength and energy and stop working; "At the end of the march, I pooped out"
If a vehicle or its driver runs someone down, the vehicle hits them and injures them. Lozano claimed that motorcycle driver Clement Lloyd was trying to run him down. = knock down, run over
criticize; run over, hit with a vehicle; chase and capture; become exhausted; make less valuable
examine hastily; "She scanned the newspaper headlines while waiting for the taxi"
n to cease to operate because of the exhaustion of motive power The radio isn't working because the batteries have run down We need to buy some more batteries
deplete; "exhaust one's savings"; "We quickly played out our strength"
injure or kill by running over, as with a vehicle pursue until captured; "They ran down the fugitive"
(deyim) run down
to run someone down

    Hyphenation

    to run some·one Down

    Turkish pronunciation

    tı rʌn sʌmwʌn daun

    Pronunciation

    /tə ˈrən ˈsəmˌwən ˈdoun/ /tə ˈrʌn ˈsʌmˌwʌn ˈdaʊn/
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