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(transitive) To hit someone with a car or other vehicle and injure or kill them. / (transitive) To criticize someone or an organisation, often unfairly.

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run down

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run down

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車などで人に衝突し、怪我や死亡を招く行為 / （しばしば不当に）誰かや組織を批判する行為

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The driver recklessly ran down a cyclist who was crossing the street.

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運転手は無謀に道路を横断していた自転車に乗った人を車で轢いて負傷させた。

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意味（1）

(transitive) To hit someone with a car or other vehicle and injure or kill them.

He was run down while crossing the main road.

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(transitive) To criticize someone or an organisation, often unfairly.

Whatever the company says, the media is going to run them down.

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(transitive) To find something or someone after searching for a long time.

I finally managed to run down that report. I had filed it incorrectly.

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(transitive, intransitive) To lose power slowly. Used for a machine, battery, or other powered device.

You need to wind up the clock every day so that it doesn't run down.

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(transitive) To read quickly a list or other short text.

Running down the list of suggestions, I can see three we can discard immediately.

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(transitive) To describe in the form of a rundown, a rough outline or summary.

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(Britain, transitive) To reduce the size or stock levels of a business, often with a view to closure.

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To decline in quality or condition.

to run down in health

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(hunting) To chase till the object pursued is captured or exhausted.

to run down a stag

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(nautical, transitive) To run against and sink, as a vessel.

The Jylland only missed running down a schooner by a few yards in the fog; it was a near thing—near enough, in fact, to allow of some shouted remarks between those on the bridge of the motorship and the man at the wheel of the schooner to be clearly heard.

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