run down

verbs

trace

"We are running down a few tips"

check out, run down

move downward

"The water ran down"

run down

is a type of (narrower)

move along, of liquids

"Water flowed into the cave"; "the Missouri feeds into the Mississippi"

injure or kill by running over, as with a vehicle

run down, run over

use up all one's strength and energy and stop working

"At the end of the march, I pooped out"

conk out, peter out, poop out, run down, run out

examine hastily

"She scanned the newspaper headlines while waiting for the taxi"

glance over, rake, run down, scan, skim

deplete

"exhaust one's savings"; "We quickly played out our strength"

exhaust, play out, run down, sap, tire

pursue until captured

"They ran down the fugitive"

run down

is a type of (narrower)

go after with the intent to catch

"The policeman chased the mugger down the alley"; "the dog chased the rabbit"