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💧 To flow downward 🔎 To investigate 🔋 To use up 🏃 To chase and catch 🚗 To hit with vehicle 📋 To review quickly
to run down

to run down

4 4.8
To quickly say the main points
  • phrasal verb
  • /rʌn daʊn/
translation icon : repasar
  • Just for the sake of contrast, let me briefly run down the two rival theories to realism.
  • run down the list
  • Let me run down
  • run down the checklist

Let's start just by running down the different category of toy.

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Examples

  • I can run down the starting five, if you like.

    The Way Back (2020)

  • Let me run down the list of tasks we need to complete today.

  • I was, I was running down the list of the things.

    Chris Williamson

  • And when she ran down the list, it was everything about what she does for him.

    Stephan Speaks

  • You wanna run down the list?

    Confidence (2003)

  • Just run down a check on everything, I guess.

    Klute (1971)

  • Let's start just by running down the different category of toy.

    Jackson Galaxy

  • So let's run down the likely progression of the remaining episodes.

    Blog text (9)

  • Ever the perfectionist, Hed is already running down a list of final touches he’d like to see in the game before its launch.

    Blog text (16)

  • Can you run down the main points of the presentation for me?

Synonyms

to go over
vsto run down
642 2.5

To check something carefully, like papers or work

is a brief review done hastily rather than a careful inspection
to scan
vsto run down
127 2.7

To look quickly to find specific information

is a brief review done generally rather than a targeted search
to run through
vsto run down
25 3.4

Practice something to check for mistakes

is a brief review focused on speed rather than correction or practice
to glance over
vsto run down
18 3.2

Look at something quickly without reading it carefully

is a short review done more hurriedly than a simple look
to rake
vsto run down
16 6.3

To look quickly through something to find an item or fact

is a brief review that is less formal and more casual
to skim
vsto run down
1 2.7

Read something quickly without looking at details

is a short, hasty review rather than focused rapid reading

Antonyms

to ignore
∞ 1.0

Choose not to pay attention to someone or something

How Thorough

to analyze
  • US
675 3.2
to go over
642 2.5
to review
  • Literature
252 2.9
to run down
4 4.8

Surface Forms

run down infinitive
running down present participle
runs down third person singular
ran down past
ran down past participle

Morphology

run + down

The idea of causing something to be brought down by movement is derivable from 'run' (movement) + 'down' (to bring down), so learners could partly infer a physical knocking-down sense. However, the specific sense involving striking and passing over with a vehicle (akin to 'run over') is a more specific usage that is not fully predictable from the parts and may require prior exposure, so it is only partially transparent.

Etymology

Run down is like running your eyes down a list or points to give a short review, moving quickly from one item to the next. That's why it means 'to examine or review briefly'.