Run down.
- 1. Catch by chasing, chase to weariness.
- 2. Run against and sink.
- 3. Crush, overthrow, overbear, overwhelm.
- 4. Decry, disparage, depreciate, condemn, traduce, cry down.
Rung, n. Round (of a ladder).
Run in debt. Get into debt, get credit, contract debts, become involved.
Runlet, n. Brook, run, small stream.
Runnel, n. (Rare.) Run, rivulet.
Runner, n.
- 1. Racer.
- 2. Messenger, courier.
Run on. Continue, hold on, be continued.
Run out. (Active.)
- 1. Extend, thrust out, push out.
- 2. Waste, exhaust, expend.
Run out. (Neuter.)
- 1. Expire, be at end.
- 2. Be wasted, be exhausted.
- 3. Spread, expatiate.
- 4. Stop.