run sb/sth down
(FIND) — phrasal verb with run /rʌn/ verb (present participle running, past tense ran, past participle run)Definition
› to find someone or something after following or searching for them for a long time: I finally ran Mr Green down in/to a house in the country.Finding and discovering
(Definition of run sb/sth down (FIND) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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run sb in phrasal verb
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run sb out of town (on a rail) idiom
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run sb out phrasal verb
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run sb ragged idiom
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run sb/sth down phrasal verb (CRITICIZE)
- run sb/sth down phrasal verb (FIND)
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run sb/sth down phrasal verb (HIT)
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run sb/sth over phrasal verb
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run sb/sth through phrasal verb
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run sb/sth to ground idiom
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run sth by sb phrasal verb
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Synonyms and related words:
- a fishing expedition idiom
- ascertain verb
- break fresh/new ground idiom
- breakthrough noun
- catch sb red-handed idiom
- find (sth) out phrasal verb
- finder noun
- finders keepers (losers weepers) idiom
- finding noun (DISCOVERY)
- flush sb out phrasal verb
- on the scent idiom
- orientate verb (FIND POSITION)
- pin sth down phrasal verb
- put sb onto sth phrasal verb
- put your finger on sth idiom
- smell sth/sb out phrasal verb
- suss verb
- unearth verb
- unlock verb
- winkle sth/sb out phrasal verb
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Finding and discovering
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