Definitions of go down
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move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way“The temperature is going down”
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arise, come up, go up, lift, move up, rise, uprise
move upward
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ascend, go up
travel up, "We ascended the mountain"
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prolapse
slip or fall out of place, as of body parts
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abseil, rappel, rope down
lower oneself with a rope coiled around the body from a mountainside
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dismount, get down, get off, light, unhorse
alight from (a horse)
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avalanche, roll down
gather into a huge mass and roll down a mountain, of snow
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dive, plunge, plunk
drop steeply
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go under, set
disappear beyond the horizon
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correct, decline, slump
go down in value
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precipitate
fall vertically, sharply, or headlong
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sink, subside
descend into or as if into some soft substance or place
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crash
fall or come down violently
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flop
fall suddenly and abruptly
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topple, tumble
fall down, as if collapsing
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drop
fall vertically
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plop
drop with the sound of something falling into water
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pitch
fall or plunge forward
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alight, climb down
come down
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go under, settle, sink
go under, "The raft sank and its occupants drowned"
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pounce, swoop
move down on as if in an attack
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drip
fall in drops
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cascade, cascade down
rush down in big quantities, like a cascade
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power-dive
make a power dive
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nosedive
plunge nose first; drop with the nose or front first, of aircraft
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duck
submerge or plunge suddenly
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crash-dive
descend steeply and rapidly
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chute, jump, parachute
jump from an airplane and descend with a parachute
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keel over
turn over and fall
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dump, plunge
fall abruptly
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plummet, plump
drop sharply
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flump, flump down
fall heavily
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settle, subside
sink down or precipitate
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founder
sink below the surface
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submerge, submerse
sink below the surface; go under or as if under water
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decline
go down
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stoop
descend swiftly, as if on prey
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arise, come up, go up, lift, move up, rise, uprise
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disappear beyond the horizon
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go under, "The raft sank and its occupants drowned"
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sink
cause to sink
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float, swim
be afloat either on or below a liquid surface and not sink to the bottom
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float
move lightly, as if suspended
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float
set afloat
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settle, subside
sink down or precipitate
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founder
sink below the surface
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submerge, submerse
sink below the surface; go under or as if under water
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dive
plunge into water
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sink
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be defeated“If America goes down, the free world will go down, too”
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lose
fail to win
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lose
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grow smaller
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be recorded or remembered“She will go down as the first feminist”
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stop operating
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be ingested“The food wouldn't go down”
Pronunciation
US
/goʊ daʊn/
UK
/gəʊ daʊn/
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