to run someone down

English - Turkish

Definition of to run someone down in English Turkish dictionary

(araç ile) birini çiğnemek

birini kötülemek, haksız şekilde eleştirmek

Turkish - English

Definition of to run someone down in Turkish English dictionary

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

Hyphenation

to run some·one Down

Turkish pronunciation

tı rʌn sʌmwʌn daun

Pronunciation

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