run down

Verb

• pursue until captured
  • They ran down the fugitive
    

• deplete
  • exhaust one's savings
    
  • We quickly played out our strength
    

• examine hastily
  • She scanned the newspaper headlines while waiting for the taxi
    

• use up all one's strength and energy and stop working
  • At the end of the march, I pooped out
    

• injure or kill by running over, as with a vehicle

• move downward
  • The water ran down
    

• trace
  • We are running down a few tips
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  exhaust , play out , sap , tire , scan , skim , rake , glance over , poop out , peter out , run out , conk out , run over , check out