"charge down" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: en-au-charge down.ogg Forms: charges down [present, singular, third-person], charging down [participle, present], charged down [participle, past], charged down [past]
Head templates: {{en-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 Tags: idiomatic, intransitive
    Sense id: en-charge_down-en-verb-EhN9bIPn
  2. (transitive) To run towards something in an effort to stop it going forward. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-charge_down-en-verb-9LnAjOaQ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs formed with "down", Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 6 94 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs formed with "down": 13 87 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 9 91 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 7 93

Inflected forms

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        "(intransitive, idiomatic, of an electrical device) To lose electrical power"
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        "(transitive) To run towards something in an effort to stop it going forward."
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        "(transitive) To run towards something in an effort to stop it going forward."
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