run-down

  • (s) 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
    creaky, decrepit, derelict, flea-bitten, woebegone,
  • (s) having the spring unwound
    • a run-down watch

Verbs

  • (v) trace
    • We are running down a few tips
    check out,
  • (v) move downward
    • The water ran down
  • (v) injure or kill by running over, as with a vehicle run over,
  • (v) use up all one's strength and energy and stop working
    • At the end of the march, I pooped out
    poop out, conk out, peter out, run out,
  • (v) examine hastily
    • She scanned the newspaper headlines while waiting for the taxi
    glance over, scan, skim, rake,
  • (v) deplete
    • exhaust one's savings
    • We quickly played out our strength
    play out, sap, exhaust, tire,
  • (v) pursue until captured
    • They ran down the fugitive

Synonyms

check out creaky decrepit derelict flea-bitten woebegone run over poop out conk out peter out run out glance over scan skim rake play out sap exhaust tire

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