To run down Meaning, Definition & Usage

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1. . (a) To cease to work or operate on account of the exhaustion of the motive power; said of clocks, watches, etc. batteries (b) To decline in condition; as, to run down in health.

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1. . (a) (Hunting) To chase till the object pursued is captured or exhausted; as, to run down, a stag . (b) (Naut.) To run against and sink, as a vessel . (c) To crush; to overthrow; to overbear .

   "religion is run down by the license of these times." Berkeley.

   (d) To disparage; to traduce. F. W. Newman.