Come down

verb, slang

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To descend, fall down, collapse. intransitive

    "A tree came down and hit me on the head."

  2. 2
    get sick wordnet
  3. 3
    To be demolished. intransitive

    "The damage sustained in the fire is so great that the whole building will have to come down."

  4. 4
    be the essential element wordnet
  5. 5
    To decrease. intransitive

    "Real estate prices have come down since the peak of the boom."

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  1. 6
    criticize or reprimand harshly wordnet
  2. 7
    To reach or release a decision. intransitive

    "I can't guess which way the board will come down on the project."

  3. 8
    move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way wordnet
  4. 9
    To be passed through time. intransitive

    "Much wisdom has come down in the form of proverbs."

  5. 10
    fall from clouds wordnet
  6. 11
    To return from an elevated state of consciousness (especially when drug-induced) or emotion. idiomatic, intransitive

    "He finally came down from his post-bonus high."

  7. 12
    To rain. UK, impersonal

    "It's coming down heavily now."

  8. 13
    To graduate from university, especially an Oxbridge university. UK, intransitive

    "Raju had got a job with a law firm in Singapore after coming down from Oxford."

  9. 14
    Shortening of of come down the (pike, line, etc.) To be about to happen; to occur; to transpire.
  10. 15
    To behave in a particular way. intransitive, slang

    "He's been coming down angry all day."

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