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Antonyms for run downrun down

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  1. run downverb

    Synonyms:
    run over, knock down

  2. run downverb

    Synonyms:
    demean, berate, put down

  3. run downverb

    Synonyms:
    track down

Princeton's WordNet0.0 / 0 votes

  1. creaky, decrepit, derelict, flea-bitten, run-down, woebegoneadjective

    worn and broken down by hard use

    "a creaky shack"; "a decrepit bus...its seats held together with friction tape"; "a flea-bitten sofa"; "a run-down neighborhood"; "a woebegone old shack"

    Antonyms:
    functioning, new

    Synonyms:
    weak, infirm, abandoned, bedraggled, weakly, debile, rickety, woebegone, tumble-down, tatterdemalion, neglectful, run-down, remiss, rheumatoid, screaky, creaky, ramshackle, deserted, rheumy, decrepit, arthritic, delinquent, broken-down, rheumatic, dilapidated, flea-bitten, feeble, woeful, derelict, sapless

  2. run-downverb

    having the spring unwound

    "a run-down watch"

    Antonyms:
    new, functioning

    Synonyms:
    derelict, woebegone, flea-bitten, creaky, decrepit

  3. run down, check outverb

    trace

    "We are running down a few tips"

    Antonyms:
    new, functioning

    Synonyms:
    run over, conk out, play out, scan, go over, feel out, skim, check into, sap, poop out, run out, check, check over, peter out, exhaust, glance over, check out, suss out, rake, check up on, cheque, sound out, look into, tire

  4. run downverb

    move downward

    "The water ran down"

    Antonyms:
    new, functioning

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

  5. run down, run oververb

    injure or kill by running over, as with a vehicle

    Antonyms:
    new, functioning

    Synonyms:
    run over, conk out, play out, scan, skim, sap, overflow, poop out, run out, brim over, peter out, exhaust, glance over, overrun, check out, rake, well over, tire

  6. poop out, peter out, run down, run out, conk outverb

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

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

    Antonyms:
    functioning, new

    Synonyms:
    fizzle out, run over, conk out, play out, run off, scan, give way, die, bolt, beetle off, skim, break down, poop out, fizzle, bolt out, break, run out, drain, fail, peter out, exhaust, glance over, check out, rake, give out, sap, expire, spill, go, taper off, go bad, tire

  7. scan, skim, rake, glance over, run downverb

    examine hastily

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

    Antonyms:
    new, functioning

    Synonyms:
    plane, run over, conk out, play out, scan, graze, sap, skim off, skim, skitter, crease, poop out, run out, peter out, exhaust, glance over, check out, cream, rake, cream off, read, skip, skim over, tire

  8. run down, exhaust, play out, sap, tireverb

    deplete

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

    Antonyms:
    functioning, new

    Synonyms:
    sap, exhaust, eat up, play out, expel, wash up, eat, release, glance over, beat, tire, run over, wear out, rake, pall, tire out, peter out, use up, bore, tucker out, conk out, run out, jade, scan, run through, wear upon, wipe out, outwear, skim, discharge, weary, tucker, wear down, poop out, fatigue, eject, consume, check out, deplete, fag out, wear

  9. run downverb

    pursue until captured

    "They ran down the fugitive"

    Antonyms:
    functioning, new

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

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words0.0 / 0 votes

  1. run down

    Synonyms:
    decline, deteriorate, decry, belittle, disparage, derogate

How to use run down in a sentence?

  1. Janet Yellen:

    We're simply in an impossible situation in which it will be impossible for Treasury on that day, or a few days thereafter... We'll have very limited resources, it will be run down quickly. We won't be able to pay all of the government's bills.

  2. Officer James Cornelius:

    I couldn’t really run down the street.

  3. Group Treasurer Dixit Joshi:

    We have no need for a fire sale given the quality of the assets and the run-down profile.

  4. Arun Prakash:

    We should be worried the way we have run down our submarine fleet. But with China bearing down on us, the way it is on the Himalayas, the South China Sea and now the Indian Ocean, we should be even more worried, fortunately, there are signs this government has woken up to the crisis.

  5. Russell Baker:

    New York is the only city in the world where you can get deliberately run down on the sidewalk by a pedestrian.

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