单词 | run something down (or run down) |
释义 | run something down (or run down)1Reduce (or become reduced) in size, numbers, or resources: the government were reviled for running down the welfare state hardwood stocks in some countries are rapidly running down...
Synonyms reduce, cut back on, cut, downsize, decrease, pare down, trim; phase out, wind down, wind up 1.1Lose (or cause to lose) power; stop (or cause to stop) functioning: the battery has run down...
1.2Gradually deteriorate (or cause to deteriorate) in quality: the property had been allowed to run down...
Synonyms decline, degenerate, go downhill, become dilapidated, go to seed, fall into decay, decay, go to rack and ruin informal go to pot, go to the dogs dilapidated, tumbledown, ramshackle, derelict, ruinous, falling to pieces, decrepit, gone to rack and ruin, in ruins, broken-down, crumbling, decaying, disintegrating; neglected, uncared-for, unmaintained, depressed, down at heel, seedy, shabby, dingy, slummy, insalubrious, squalid informal shambly, crummy British informal grotty North American informal shacky Australian/New Zealand informal rumpty See parent entry: run |
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