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单词 run sb/sth down
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run sb/sth down

phrasal verb with run uk/rʌn/us/rʌn/verb present participle running, past tense ran, past participle run

(CRITICIZE)

C1 informal to criticize someone or something, often unfairly:

He's always running himself down.

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Disapproving & criticizing

  • -basher
  • animadversion
  • aspersions
  • backbite
  • bad-mouth
  • belabour
  • damn
  • damn sb with faint praise idiom
  • denounce
  • dig
  • disapproval
  • give sb hell idiom
  • lashing
  • pitch into sb/sth
  • pound
  • pound away at sth/sb
  • pull sth apart
  • put the boot in idiom
  • take a dim view of sth idiom
  • throw

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(HIT)

to hit and injure a person or animal with a vehicle, especially intentionally:

Two masked men on motorbikes tried to run me down.

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On the road: accidents involving vehicles

  • car crash
  • collide
  • collision
  • crash
  • crash-land
  • fender bender
  • head-on
  • jackknife
  • knock
  • overshoot
  • plough
  • rear-end
  • road toll
  • run (sth) down
  • run sb/sth over
  • sideswipe
  • skid
  • stack up
  • wipe
  • write-off

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Hitting against objects accidentally and colliding

(FIND)

to find someone or something after following or searching for him, her, or it for a long time:

I finally ran Mr Green down in/to a house in the country.

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Finding and discovering

  • a fishing expedition idiom
  • alight
  • ascertain
  • break fresh/new ground idiom
  • breakthrough
  • catch sb red-handed idiom
  • flush
  • get hold of idiom
  • get wind of sth idiom
  • happen
  • happen on/upon sth/sb
  • have a (good) nose for sth idiom
  • rediscover
  • root sth/sb out
  • run sb/sth to ground idiom
  • scent
  • search
  • search sth/sb out
  • smell
  • stumble

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