run down
(transitive) To criticize someone or an organisation, often unfairly.
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Quick- everyone strip off and run down your local high street……the authorities won’t do a thing!
Since booting out the old Tory Council the Labour/LibDem council have done so much for our city. The World Heritage Site was so run down but now we have people in charge who actually love the city. www.kentonline.co.…
Well car ownership and car use is popular with the voters in all sections of society…the combo of mass ownership and politicians pandering to it allowed our railways to be run down and reduced in capacity. The public…
That feeling of it on your tongue🥵 That's delectable taste🤤 That creamy goodness🥴 Feeling those juices run down my chin🫠 A&W cream soda 😩 so refreshing
Slowly getting used to the fine that it’s fine to run down your solar battery in the evening. But it’s so nicely charged to 100%.
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(transitive) To criticize someone or an organisation, often unfairly.
“Since booting out the old Tory Council the Labour/LibDem council have done so much for our city. The World Heritage Site was so run down but now we have people in charge who actually love the city. www.kentonline.co.uk/canterbury/n...”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Well car ownership and car use is popular with the voters in all sections of society…the combo of mass ownership and politicians pandering to it allowed our railways to be run down and reduced in capacity. The public are a part of the road lobby, even if they don’t realise it!”
— Bluesky· May 2026“That feeling of it on your tongue🥵 That's delectable taste🤤 That creamy goodness🥴 Feeling those juices run down my chin🫠 A&W cream soda 😩 so refreshing”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Slowly getting used to the fine that it’s fine to run down your solar battery in the evening. But it’s so nicely charged to 100%.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“In today's subscriber-only content, Ben Jurek joins us to run down the new datasheets in the Guard on the table in Competitive Impact!”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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(transitive) To find something or someone after searching for a long time.
Whatever the company says, the media is going to run them down.
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(transitive) To hit someone with a car or other vehicle and injure or kill them.
He was run down while crossing the main road.
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