The opposite of praise? Well no! (3,4)
I believe the answer is:
run down
'the opposite of praise?' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are verbs in their base form, I cannot understand how one could define the other.
I cannot understand how the remainder of the clue works.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for run down that I've seen before include "exhaust?" , "under the weather" , "not very well" , "Indisposed" , "Songbird" .)