run-down

run-down
(The spelling rundown is also used. The adjective is pronounced [[t]rʌ̱n da͟ʊn[/t]]. The noun is pronounced [[t]rʌ̱n daʊn[/t]].)
1) ADJ-GRADED: usu v-link ADJ If someone is run-down, they are tired or slightly ill. [INFORMAL]

When 23-year-old Marilyn Brown started to feel run-down last December, it never occurred to her that she could have tuberculosis.

Syn:
under the weather
2) ADJ-GRADED: usu ADJ n A run-down building or area is in very poor condition.

They have put substantial funds into rebuilding one of the most run-down areas in Scotland.

...a run-down block of flats.

3) ADJ-GRADED: usu ADJ n A run-down place of business is not as active as it used to be or does not have many customers.

...a run-down slate quarry...

He bought a run-down television station.

4) N-SING: N of n When the run-down of an industry or organization takes place, its size or the amount of work that it does is reduced. [mainly BRIT]

...the impetus behind the rundown of the coal industry.

5) N-SING: usu N of/on n If you give someone a run-down of a group of things or a run-down on something, you give them details about it. [INFORMAL]

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English dictionary. 2008.

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  • run down — {v.} (stress on down ) 1. To crash against and knock down or sink. * /Jack rode his bicycle too fast and almost ran down his little brother./ * /It was so foggy that the steamship almost ran down a small boat leaving port./ Compare: RUN INTO(3a) …   Dictionary of American idioms

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  • run-down — adjective 1. ) so tired that you do not feel well: Evie had been working too hard and was feeling run down. 2. ) in bad condition because no one has spent money on repairs: This area of San Francisco is poor and run down …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • run down — (someone) to injure or kill someone with a vehicle. He s accused of running down two pedestrians while driving drunk. She tried to run us down! …   New idioms dictionary

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  • run down — ► run down 1) knoc k down with a vehicle. 2) criticize unfairly or unkindly. 3) reduce or become reduced in size or resources. 4) lose or cause to lose power; stop functioning. 5) gradually deteriorate. Main Entry: ↑run …   English terms dictionary

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