if food or drink goes down, you swallow it
if lights go down, especially in a theatre or cinema, they gradually become less bright and are switched off
if something such as a computer or an electrical system goes down, it stops working for a period of time
to be defeated in a competition, especially in sport
to be long enough to reach a particular lower point or level
to be remembered or recorded in a particular place or way
to become less
to become less respected by someone than you were before, because of something that you have done
to become worse
to fall to the ground
to get off or out of a vehicle
to go to prison
to happen
to leave a university, especially Oxford or Cambridge, at the end of a term (=period of study) or a course of study
to move to a lower division in a sports league (=a group of teams)
to produce a particular reaction
to sink below the surface of the water
to travel to a place that is smaller or less important than the place you are leaving
to travel towards the south
when the sun or moon goes down, it moves below the horizon so you cannot see it any longer
Both their names went down in the referee’s notebook.
Canada went down 3–1 to the Russian team.
Hansen will go down as one of the best teachers this school has ever had.
How long will it take for the swelling to go down?
I cautioned the lady bus driver not to go down from the bus.
I think the quality of their products has really gone down in the past few years.
I was nowhere near here when the robbery went down.
No one expects house prices to go down in the near future.
The crime rate shows no signs of going down.
The efforts they made will go down in history.
The family is going down to Brighton for a few days.
The plan to put rents up has not gone down well with tenants.
The ship went down off the coast of Africa.
There were steps going down to what had once been a lawn.
We watched as the plane went down in a fiery blaze.
We’re going down to the country next weekend.
You need smaller pills that go down more easily.
‘I grew up a United fan,’ said Little. ‘I’ll be very sad if they go down.’
go down
goes down
going down
went down
gone down
There is no origin for this phrasal verb
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