Definition of "run down" []

• To hit someone with a car or other vehicle and injure or kill them. (verb)
• To criticize someone or an organisation, often unfairly. (verb)
• To find something or someone after searching for a long time. (verb)
• To lose power slowly. Used for a machine, battery, or other powered device. (verb)
• To read quickly a list or other short text. (verb)

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• "Milkmaids run down mountain passes, dragging kites behind them."
• "Mortals, every one, their fast-paced hearts a trilling cascade of notes, like a two-handed cocktail run down a piano keyboard, in comparison to the slow, bass boom of his own heart."
• "Among the hills that run down to Sayler's Creek most of his men are captured."