run sb/sth down
(CRITICIZE) informal — phrasal verb with run /rʌn/ verb (present participle running, past tense ran, past participle run)Definition
C1 to criticize someone or something, often unfairly: He's always running himself down.Disapproving and criticizingDamaging reputation
(Definition of run sb/sth down (CRITICIZE) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- -basher suffix (CRITICIZE)
- -bashing suffix (CRITICIZE)
- aspersions noun
- bad-mouth verb
- be on sb's back idiom
- blast verb (CRITICIZE)
- boo noun
- boo verb
- criticism noun
- denounce verb (CRITICIZE)
- deprecate verb (NOT APPROVE)
- disapproval noun
- give sb hell idiom
- lashing noun (PUNISHMENT)
- niggle verb (CRITICIZE)
- opprobrium noun
- slam verb
- there you are idiom
- throw sb to the dogs idiom
- turn on sb phrasal verb
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