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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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