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injure or kill by running over, as with a vehicle pursue until captured; "They ran down the fugitive" move downward; "The water ran down" deplete; "exhaust one''s savings"; "We quickly played out our strength" trace; "We are running down a few tips" use up all one''s strength and energy and stop working; "At the end of the march, I pooped out" examine hastily; "She scanned the newspaper headlines while waiting for the taxi" |
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