Hit a pedestrian with a vehicle
Meanings
- Hit a pedestrian with a vehicle (separable [optional], International English)
- Lose energy or power (separable [optional], International English)
- Criticise, disparage (separable [obligatory], International English)
- Find the source or origin of something (separable [optional], International English)
Examples
- The minicab RAN him DOWN on the zebra crossing.
- You should only recharge the battery when it has fully RUN DOWN.
- They're always RUNNING me DOWN and I am sick and tired of it.
- The police RAN DOWN all the leads they had and caught them.