But what if the battery has run down in the meantime?
"Austin has run down a few of my fly balls over the years," Jeter said.
Walker has run down the pitch at pace... then run straight into a defender.
"The university has never run out, but the pharmacy has run down to zero supply.
Britain has run down its armed forces: its defence budget has slipped from being the world's fourth- biggest to its sixth (see chart).
The move is designed to curb speculation which has run down Egypt's foreign currency reserves by almost 60 percent since protests broke out in January 2011.
A government employee says her father has run down his timber business, laying off workers, rather than pay the $600 a month demanded by La Familia.
He is built differently, he has lived differently and, in his peak years, he has run down his opponents with uncommon levels of raw physical commitment.
Even before the breadbasket arrives, he has run down his history of early rebellion, wanderlust and odd collecting habits (brass mouthpieces and Italian fishing lures).
The Labour leader said the prime minister has run down the clock "but now the clock has run down on her".
