Run-down What does run down mean here? - We had to ask 'em to go. - What if they're homeless? Even so, it's not helping 'em. We had to get rid of 'em. It's not helping 'em to help themselves. You people get so run down, no wonder they won't have you. We get run down because we haven't got no house. You've got the welfare state now, you can't come to any real harm. ____ Thanks