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run down - phrasal verb

  1. To lose so much strength and power as to become ineffective or motionless: burn out, give out. Slang poop out. See tired.
  2. To pursue and locate: hunt down, nose out, trace, track down. See get.
  3. To think, represent, or speak of as small or unimportant: belittle, decry, denigrate, deprecate, depreciate, derogate, detract, discount, disparage, downgrade, minimize, slight, talk down. See attack. show.
  4. To give a recapitulation of the salient facts of: abstract, epitomize, go over, recapitulate, review, run through, summarize, sum up, synopsize, wrap up. Informal recap. See thoughts.