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go down

— verb (= fall) 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 — verb (= sink, go under) go under The raft sank and its occupants drowned — verb (= wane) grow smaller Interest in the project waned — verb be recorded or remembered She will go down as the first feminist — verb be defeated If America goes down, the free world will go down, too — verb be ingested This wine sure goes down well The food wouldn't go down — verb (= set) disappear beyond the horizon the sun sets early these days — verb (= crash) stop operating My computer crashed last night The system goes down at least once a week

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descend come down sink fall decline set get off get down decrease go down to subside drop lower go under settle diminish go down with wane alight submerge reduce drop off down climb down lessen leave go out founder fail disappear crash be up be down write down weaken trend toward slump slant recede quit plunge lurch lose incline toward go up go over go downhill go back get up get out