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21come down — intransitive verb Date: 14th century 1. to lose or fall in estate or condition < has come down in the world > 2. a. to pass by tradition < a story that has come down from medieval times > b. to pass from a usually …
22come down on — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms come down on : present tense I/you/we/they come down on he/she/it comes down on present participle coming down on past tense came down on past participle come down on come down on someone to criticize or… …
23come down — 1) PHRASAL VERB If the cost, level, or amount of something comes down, it becomes less than it was before. [V P] Interest rates should come down... [V P to/from n] If you buy three bottles, the bottle price comes down to ₤2.42... [V P by n] The… …
24come down — verb 1. move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way (Freq. 14) The temperature is going down The barometer is falling The curtain fell on the diva Her hand went up and then fell again • Syn: ↑descend, ↑fall, ↑ …
25come down on — 1) PHRASAL VERB If you come down on one side of an argument, you declare that you support that side. [V P P n] He clearly and decisively came down on the side of President Rafsanjani. 2) PHRASAL VERB If you come down on someone, you criticize… …
26come down to — verb a) To reach by moving down or reducing. Wait for the temperature to come down to a reasonable level before touching the lid. b) To depend upon, basically, ultimately or in essence. Come down to my place someday and have lunch …
27come down — phr verb Come down is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑curtain, ↑decoration, ↑fog, ↑hand, ↑heirloom, ↑mist, ↑plane, ↑rain, ↑rate, ↑shutter, ↑snow, ↑tax, ↑ …
28come\ down — v 1. To reduce itself; amount to no more than. Followed by to . The quarrel finally came down to a question of which boy would do the dishes. Syn.: boil down(3) 2. To be handed down or passed along, descend from parent to child; pass from older… …
29come down — 1. in. to happen. □ Hey, man! What’s coming down? □ When something like this comes down, I have to stop and hink things over. 2. n. a letdown; a disappointment. (Usually comedown.) □ he loss of the race was a real comedown for Wil …
30come·down — /ˈkʌmˌdaʊn/ noun, pl downs [count] : a situation in which a person falls to a lower level of importance, popularity, etc. : a fall in status or position For a man who was once a very popular actor, working in a nightclub is quite a comedown. see… …
