go down Meaning, Definition & Usage

1. verb move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way
   descend; come down; fall.
   
   • The temperature is going down
   • The barometer is falling
   • The curtain fell on the diva
   • Her hand went up and then fell again
2. verb go under, "The raft sank and its occupants drowned"
   settle; sink; go under.
   
3. verb grow smaller
   decline; wane.
   
   • Interest in the project waned
4. verb be recorded or remembered
   
   • She will go down as the first feminist
5. verb be ingested
   
   • This wine sure goes down well
   • The food wouldn't go down
6. verb be defeated
   
   • If America goes down, the free world will go down, too
7. verb disappear beyond the horizon
   set; go under.
   
   • the sun sets early these days
8. verb stop operating
   crash.
   
   • My computer crashed last night
   • The system goes down at least once a week

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