go down
phrasal verbgo down
- if the price of something, the temperature, etc. goes down, it becomes lower synonym fall
- The price of oil is going down.
- Oil is going down in price.
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- to fall to the ground
- She tripped and went down with a bump.
- if a ship, etc. goes down, it disappears below the water synonym sink
- when the sun or moon goes down, it disappears below the horizon synonym setTopics Spacec1
- if food or drink will/will not go down, it is easy/difficult to swallow
- A cold drink would go down very nicely (= I would very much like one).
- (informal) to get worse in quality
- The neighbourhood has gone down a lot recently.
- (computing) to stop working temporarily
- The system is going down in ten minutes.
- (North American English, informal) to happen
- You really don't know what's going down?
- (British English, informal) to be sent to prison
- She went down for ten years.
go down (from…)
- (British English, formal) to leave a university, especially Oxford or Cambridge, at the end of a term or after finishing your studies
- She went down (from Cambridge) in 2018.
go down (in something)
- to be written in something; to be recorded or remembered in something
- It all goes down (= she writes it all) in her notebook.
- He will go down in history as a great statesman.
go down (on somebody)
- (slang) to perform oral sex on somebody (= to use the mouth to give somebody sexual pleasure)
go down (to somebody)
- to be defeated by somebody, especially in a game or competition
- Italy went down to Brazil by three goals to one.
go down (to…) (from…)
- to go from one place to another, especially further south or from a city or large town to a smaller place
- They've gone down to Brighton for a couple of days.
go down (with somebody)
(also go over (with somebody) especially in North American English)
- to be received in a particular way by somebody
- The suggestion didn't go down very well with her boss.
- The novel went down well with the public.