Wiktionary
vb. 1 (context intransitive idiomatic of an electrical device English) To lose electrical power 2 (context transitive English) To run towards something in an effort to stop it going forward.
Usage examples of "charge down".
He wasn't sure who, if anybody, was in charge down on the ground these days.
A regiment, full front, would charge down upon a dead run from the far field, men shouting, sabers flashing, horses thundering along, so that the ground shook, towards the imperial party, and, when near, stop suddenly, wheel to right and left, and gallop back.
Give us a statement and we may be able to deal the charge down to second degree.
If we charge down that slope, we'll be completely out of position when the Rajputs hit us.
Once started on a charge down a hill, they were impossible to stop.
If they do follow, your men will be steady enough to get more, and the hill will allow you to charge down if you have to.
Before you realize what is happening, we'll charge down the hill and this band of thieves will trouble the emperor's sleep no longer.
A charge down this slope would take the attackers of the Ahrmehnee on the right flank and, were the line strung long enough, at the right rear, as well.
Maybe they were going to get a charge down into the core somehow and do something there.