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Từ điển tiếng Anh - Cambridge Advanced Learners Dictionary
come down
come down phrasal verb [ came down comes down coming down ] LAND 1. <A > to fall and land on the ground • A lot of trees came down in the storm. • Our plane came down in a field. • The snow came down during the night. Thesaurus+: ↑Arriving, entering and invading • The rain came down heavily all day. • Their plane came down in bad weather. • A number of radio masts came down in the winds. • The church's steeple came down in the storm. • All the leaves have come down now. LOWER LEVEL 2. <A > If a price or a level comes down, it becomes lower • House prices have come down recently. • Inflation is coming down. Thesaurus+: ↑Becoming and making smaller or less ↑Becoming and making less strong 3. informal to feel less excited after a very enjoyable experience • The whole weekend was so wonderful I haven't come down yet. Thesaurus+: ↑Disappointing yourself and others • The price of computers has come down a lot. • Her temperature is starting to come down at last. • He feels that standards of literacy have come down. • Unemployment levels have come down dramatically. SUPPORT 4. + adverb or preposition to decide that you support a particular person or side in an argument, etc. • The government has come down on the side of military action. Thesaurus+: ↑Backing, supporting and defending ↑Defending and protecting DRUGS 5. informal If a person comes down from a drug, they stop feeling its effects. Thesaurus+: ↑Drugs - general words ↑Specific types of drug UNIVERSITY 6. UK old-fashioned If you come down (from a college or university, especially Oxford or Cambridge University), you leave your studies either permanently or for a short time. Thesaurus+: ↑University and college education ↑Departing TRAVEL SOUTH 7. to go to a place which is south of where you live • My boyfriend's coming down from Scotland this weekend. • They don't come down to London much because it's too tiring with the kids. Thesaurus+: ↑Visiting Main entry: comephrasal verb
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