run sb/sth down Значение & определение

Значение на run sb/sth down на български

• 0 to criticize someone or something, often unfairly:

  • He's always running himself down.

• 1 to hit and injure a person or animal with a vehicle, especially intentionally:

  • Two masked men on motorbikes tried to run me down.

• 2 to find someone or something after following or searching for him, her, or it for a long time:

  • I finally ran Mr Green down in/to a house in the country.