RUNS DOWN Synonyms: 101 Similar and Opposite Words

runs down

verb

Definition of runs down next

present tense third-person singular of run down

as in finds

to come upon after searching, study, or effort finally ran down the answer after hours of research

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as in dismisses

to express scornfully one's low opinion of constantly running down the city's cultural life won't do anything to improve it

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Recent Examples of runs down The arched surface invites the heat to spread evenly and mount in intensity, and as the fat runs down, the edges of the meat sizzle and crisp. —

Ligaya Mishan, New York Times, 11 May 2026 Summer means speedy runs down the 1,600-foot-long alpine slide. —

Jess Hoffert, Midwest Living, 9 May 2026 At that point, Griffin runs down the stairway and onto the platform. —

Jesse Zanger, CBS News, 1 May 2026 Stage one willl improve flow through the creek that runs down the boundary between Midlothian and Crestwood, including a major improvement to the culvert at 143rd Street and Linder Avenue, Buerger said. —

Evy Lewis, Chicago Tribune, 29 Apr. 2026 Manny Machado has had either a single or a walk in the decisive inning of the past three comebacks from four runs down. —

Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Apr. 2026 Spicy mayo, the color of Russian dressing, runs down the sides. —

Bill Addison, Los Angeles Times, 23 Apr. 2026 Izzy Rodriguez made one of her patented overlapping runs down the left-hand side of the field and then played a perfect cross into the middle. —

Daniel Sperry, Kansas City Star, 10 Apr. 2026 Brundage combined with sophomore defender Brooklynn Sosa multiple times throughout the match, with Sosa constantly making attacking runs down the right. —

Ishmael Johnson, Dallas Morning News, 19 Mar. 2026

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His father, John Allen Wooden, a writer and creative producer and one of more than a dozen parents who spoke to NBC News about i-Ready, finds this baffling.

— Tyler Kingkade, NBC news, 12 May 2026
The largest study of school phone bans finds mixed results.

— Greg Toppo, Los Angeles Times, 12 May 2026