Run Over vs Run Down - What's the Difference?
Definition as Verb
- trace
- move downward
- injure or kill by knocking (someone or something) down and passing over the body, as with a vehicle
- use up all one's strength and energy and stop working
- examine hastily
- deplete
- pursue until captured
Definition as Verb
- injure or kill by knocking (someone or something) down and passing over the body, as with a vehicle
- flow or run over (a limit or brim)
Examples
- "We are running down a few tips"
- "At the end of the march, I pooped out"
- "She scanned the newspaper headlines while waiting for the taxi"
- "exhaust one's savings"; "We quickly played out our strength"
- "They ran down the fugitive"