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▪ I. go down phrasal verb [ goes down going down went down gone down gone down ]

SUN

1. <I > When the sun goes down, it moves down in the sky until it cannot be seen any more
• On summer evenings we would sit on the verandah and watch the sun go down.
Thesaurus⁺: ↑Astronomy - general words

• The temperature drops when the sun goes down.
• At what time does the sun go down?
• The sun went down behind the mountains.
• We sat on the beach and watched the sun go down.
• The sun had gone down an hour ago and it was getting cold.

BE REDUCED

2. <I > to be reduced in price, value, amount, quality, level or size
• The temperature went down to minus ten last night.
• The company's shares went down 7p to 53p.
• The swelling's gone down but there's still a lot of bruising.
• He went down in my estimation when he started trying to be a singer as well as an actor.
Thesaurus⁺: ↑Becoming and making smaller or less ↑Becoming and making less strong

• The temperature goes down below zero in the winter.
• House prices have gone down over the last twelve months.
• The number of people claiming benefit has gone down.
• The survey shows that average journey times have been going down.
• If levels of support continue to go down, the government will be forced to act.

BE REMEMBERED
3. to be remembered or recorded in a particular way
• Hurricane Katrina will go down in the record books as the costliest storm ever faced by insurers.
Thesaurus⁺: ↑Memory and memories

BE RECEIVED
4. to be received in a particular way
• I think my speech went down rather well, don't you?
Thesaurus⁺: ↑Analysing and evaluating ↑Assessing and estimating value

LOSE
5. to lose or be defeated
• England's unbeaten run of ten games ended last night when they went down 4-2 to France.
• Dictators rarely go down without a fight.
Thesaurus⁺: ↑Losing and being defeated ↑Scoring, winning and losing in sport

PRISON
6. UK slang to be put in prison
• She went down for three years for her part in the robbery.
Thesaurus⁺: ↑Putting people in prison

COMPUTER
7. If a computer system goes down, it stops working
• The battery should prevent the computer system from going down in the event of a power cut.
Thesaurus⁺: ↑Computer concepts ↑Not functioning

HAPPEN
8. US slang If an event such as a crime or a deal goes down, it happens
• I tried to tell Tyrell what was going down, but he wouldn't listen.
Thesaurus⁺: ↑Occurring and happening

LEAVE
9. UK old-fashioned If you go down from a college or university, especially Oxford University or Cambridge University, you leave either permanently or for a holiday.
Thesaurus⁺: ↑Departing ↑University and college education
Main entry: go_{phrasal verb}

▪ II. go down (sth) phrasal verb [ goes down sth going down sth went down sth gone down sth gone down sth ]

MOVE DOWN

1. <I > to move down to a lower level or place
• He went down on his knees and begged for forgiveness.
• He first went down the mines when he was 17.
• The plane went down (= fell to the ground because of an accident, bomb, etc.) ten minutes after takeoff.
• Everyone took to the lifeboats when the ship started to go down (= sink).
• Could I have a glass of water to help these pills go down (= to help me swallow them)?
Thesaurus⁺: ↑Raising and lowering

• Would you go down to the basement and fetch me a book please?
• The submarine went down all the way to the sea floor.
• The elevator was going down when the fire alarm sounded.
• It's quicker to go down using the escalator.
• That joke went down like a lead balloon.

REACH

2. <I > to reach or go as far as
• Its roots can go down three metres.
• This path goes down to the river.
• Go down to (= Read as far as) the bottom of the page.
Thesaurus⁺: ↑Arriving, entering and invading ↑Moving downwards ↑Falling and dropping

• That lift doesn't go down to the basement.
• The steps go all the way down to the bottom.
• The rope goes down to the bottom of the cliff.
• I think the election will go right down to the wire.
• They took the road that went down to the dock.
Main entry: go_{phrasal verb}