To run down

	To cease to work or operate on account of the exhaustion of the motive power; - said of clocks, watches, etc.
	To decline in condition; as, to run down in health.
(Hunting)	To chase till the object pursued is captured or exhausted; as, to run down a stag
(Naut.)	To run against and sink, as a vessel
	To crush; to overthrow; to overbear
	To disparage; to traduce.- Berkeley.