charge down

verb

To lose electrical power

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Meanings

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

present singular third person charges down · participle present charging down · participle past charged down · past charged down

  1. idiomaticintransitiveTo lose electrical power
  2. transitiveTo run towards something in an effort to stop it going forward.

    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.

    2011 October 1, Tom Fordyce, “Rugby World Cup 2011: England 16-12 Scotland”, in BBC Sport
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APA

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MLA

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Chicago

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