Health

be run down

feel tired and low in energy

If you feel run down, you feel physically tired and not fully well.

B2 common mostly spoken

expression

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You don't look yourself today.

I'm just a bit run down after a busy week.

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I have been feeling run down since I started working night shifts.

The mistake everyone makes

Not: I feel run out after a stressful week.

Say: I feel run down after a stressful week.

“Run out” means used up or exhausted of a supply; feeling tired and unwell is “run down.”

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How it fits in a sentence.

feel run down; be run down after something

Your turn: say it out loud

I have been feeling run down since I started working night shifts.

Say it out loud two or three times, until it feels like yours.

be run down

feel tired and low in energy

“I have been feeling run down since I started working night shifts.”

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