English-Finnish translations for run down

• yliajaa

Definition of run down

• To hit someone with a car or other vehicle and injure or kill them
• To criticize someone or an organisation, often unfairly
• To find something or someone after searching for a long time
• To lose power slowly. Used for a machine, battery, or other powered device
• To read quickly a list or other short text
• To describe in the form of a rundown, a rough outline or summary
• To reduce the size or stock levels of a business, often with a view to closure
• To decline in condition
• To chase till the object pursued is captured or exhausted
• To run against and sink, as a vessel

Examples

• He was run down while crossing the main road.
• Whatever the company says, the media is going to run them down.
• My sister is always running me down in front of my friends.
• Dont run yourself down so much!
• I finally managed to run down that report. I had filed it incorrectly.
• You need to wind up the clock every day so that it doesnt run down.
• If you dont switch off the car lights, you will run the battery down.
• Running down the list of suggestions, I can see three we can discard immediately.
• The board of directors have decided to run down the stocks held in storage prior to offering the company for sale.
• to run down in health
• to run down a stag

Related words

• running downwind
• downhill run
• run-down
• rundown