come down
phrasal verbcome down
- to break and fall to the ground
- The ceiling came down with a terrific crash.
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- (of rain, snow, etc.) to fall
- The rain came down in torrents.
- (of an aircraft) to land or fall from the sky
- We were forced to come down in a field.
- if a price, a temperature, a rate, etc. comes down, it gets lower
- The price of gas is coming down.
- Gas is coming down in price.
- to decide and say publicly that you support or oppose somebody/something
- The committee came down in support of his application.
- to reach as far down as a particular point
- Her hair comes down to her waist.
- (informal) to become less excited or happy, especially after taking drugs
- As the drug wore off I felt myself coming down.
come down (from…)
- (British English, formal) to leave a university, especially Oxford or Cambridge, at the end of a term or after finishing your studies opposite come up (to…)
come down (from…) (to…)
- to come from one place to another, usually from the north of a country to the south, or from a larger place to a smaller one
come down (to somebody)
- to have come from a long time in the past
- The name has come down from the last century.