Phrasal Verbs
to lose power or stop working The battery has run down.
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to make something lose power or stop working If you leave your headlights on, you'll soon run down the battery.
- 1(of a vehicle or its driver) to hit someone or something and knock them/it to the ground
- 2to criticize someone or something in an unkind way He's always running her down in front of other people.