charge down

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Verb

charge down (third-person singular simple present charges down, present participle charging down, simple past and past participle charged down)

1. (intransitive, idiomatic, of an electrical device) To lose electrical power
2. (transitive) To run towards something in an effort to stop it going forward.
   • 2011 October 1, Tom Fordyce, “Rugby World Cup 2011: England 16-12 Scotland”, in BBC Sport‎^[1]:

     Another Wilkinson attempt was charged down before a fine clearing run and kick from Ashton and burgled Scottish line-out worked a penalty chance from wide left.