RUN DOWN


Meaning of RUN DOWN in English

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.