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Come down Common

Come down has 6 different meanings across 1 category:

Verb

Definitions
Verb
1

move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way

"The temperature is going down"

"The barometer is falling"

"The curtain fell on the diva"

"Her hand went up and then fell again"

2

be the essential element

"The proposal boils down to a compromise"

3

fall from clouds

"rain, snow and sleet were falling"

"Vesuvius precipitated its fiery, destructive rage on Herculaneum"

4

get sick

"She fell sick last Friday, and now she is in the hospital"

5

criticize or reprimand harshly

"The critics came down hard on the new play"

6

To descend, fall down, collapse.

Example Sentences
"The temperature is going down" verb
"The barometer is falling" verb
"The curtain fell on the diva" verb
"Her hand went up and then fell again" verb
"The proposal boils down to a compromise" verb
"rain, snow and sleet were falling" verb
"Vesuvius precipitated its fiery, destructive rage on Herculaneum" verb
"She fell sick last Friday, and now she is in the hospital" verb
"The critics came down hard on the new play" verb
Related Terms
Antonyms
go up lift
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
travel become worsen knock
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
prolapse rappel unhorse avalanche dive set decline precipitate sink crash flop tumble drop plop pitch alight pounce drip cascade rain spat snow hail sleet wan contract canker
Rhyming Words
own sown town lown mown gown rown down adown known grown frown shown brown sdown coown blown clown crown drown
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