1.
to lose power or stop working :
The battery has run down.
2.
to gradually stop functioning or become smaller in size or number :
British manufacturing industry has been running down for years.
—related noun rundown
1.
to lose power or stop working :
The battery has run down.
2.
to gradually stop functioning or become smaller in size or number :
British manufacturing industry has been running down for years.
—related noun rundown
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary. Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне. 2005