Synonyms for run down
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : ruhn-doun |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈrʌnˈdaʊn |
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Définition of run down
Origin :- the modern verb is a merger of two related Old English words, in both of which the first letters sometimes switched places. The first is intransitive rinnan, irnan "to run, flow, run together" (past tense ran, past participle runnen), cognate with (cf. Middle Dutch runnen, Old Saxon, Old High German, Gothic rinnan, German rinnen "to flow, run").
- The second is Old English transitive weak verb ærnan, earnan "ride, run to, reach, gain by running" (probably a metathesis of *rennan), from Proto-Germanic *rannjanan, causative of the root *ren- "to run." This is cognate with Old Saxon renian, Old High German rennen, German rennen, Gothic rannjan.
- Both are from PIE *ri-ne-a-, nasalized form of root *reie- "to flow, run" (see Rhine).
- Of streams, etc., from c.1200; of machinery, from 1560s. Meaning "be in charge of" is first attested 1861, originally American English. Meaning "seek office in an election" is from 1826, American English. Phrase run for it "take flight" is attested from 1640s. Many figurative uses are from horseracing or hunting (e.g. to run (something) into the ground, 1836, American English).
- To run across "meet" is attested from 1855, American English. To run short "exhaust one's supply" is from 1752; to run out of in the same sense is from 1713. To run around with "consort with" is from 1887. Run away "flee in the face of danger" is from late 14c. To run late is from 1954.
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- A year later, Harriett, run down, was ordered to the seaside.
- Extract from : « Life and Death of Harriett Frean » by May Sinclair
- And meantime, I'll run down to Dad's office, and have him back here in half an hour.
- Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana
- The result was a run down to Gravesend to pay just a friendly visit to Langdon.
- Extract from : « Thoroughbreds » by W. A. Fraser
- I happen to be at my sister's, on my way from Cairo to Norway, so I undertake to run down.
- Extract from : « The Incomplete Amorist » by E. Nesbit
- She suffered it to run down; but he was still uneasy, and showed that was not what he wanted.
- Extract from : « Little Dorrit » by Charles Dickens
- I "run down" the accountant because he was either ignorant or corrupt.
- Extract from : « A Woman Intervenes » by Robert Barr
- Run down, Vic, dear, and get Geoff to go straight into the school-room.
- Extract from : « Great Uncle Hoot-Toot » by Mrs. Molesworth
- Were we to run down to him, the object of his pursuit could be determined in a few minutes.
- Extract from : « Homeward Bound » by James Fenimore Cooper
- I'll take a run down to the bank in my electric in a little while.
- Extract from : « Tom Swift and his Electric Runabout » by Victor Appleton
- Mind, my dear Bertie, I do not wish to run down your view or that of any other man.
- Extract from : « The Stark Munro Letters » by J. Stark Munro
Antonyms for run down
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