run down

verb

1. trace"We are running down a few tips"
2. move downward"The water ran down"
3. injure or kill by knocking (someone or something) down and passing over the body, as with a vehicle
4. use up all one's strength and energy and stop working"At the end of the march, I pooped out"
5. examine hastily"She scanned the newspaper headlines while waiting for the taxi"
6. deplete"exhaust one's savings"
7. pursue until captured"They ran down the fugitive"