came down; come down; coming down; comes down
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 high source
word came down that the strike was over
3
: to place oneself in opposition
came down hard on gambling
4
a
: to deal with a subject directly
when you come down to it, we all depend on others
b
: to reduce itself : amount
it comes down to this
5
: to become ill
came down with measles
6
Synonyms
Examples of comedown in a Sentence
Noun
For a man who was once a very popular actor, working in a nightclub is quite a comedown.
after a rapid rise to stardom, the rock band's comedown was just as quick
Verb
let's wait and see what comes down at the meeting
Recent Examples on the Web
Rana Foroohar, Foreign Affairs, 28 Oct. 2022
There’s an irreconcilable gap between the singer during performance and her at home being chased by an angry husband or lovingly tending to her children or drinking the ache of comedown from her tour away.
—Harmony Holiday, Los Angeles Times, 1 Dec. 2023
In a massive comedown for a Bolts team that two Sundays earlier had won the AFC championship at Pittsburgh in an upset, Super Bowl XXIX served as a coronation for a Niners franchise that became the first to win five Lombardi Trophies.
—Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Feb. 2024
Technology firms are still feeling a comedown from the sector’s 2021 boom, when the companies were hiring left and right.
—Laura Bratton and Michelle Cheng, Quartz, 18 Jan. 2024
As note above, the post-holiday break comedown is impossible to deny…as are all those post-holiday-shopping credit card statements.
—Danielle Sinay, Glamour, 11 Jan. 2024
That makes a comedown for the U.S. economy seem less likely.
—Justin Lahart, WSJ, 3 Dec. 2023
There are Reddit threads dedicated to post-show comedowns.
—Jenna Wortham, New York Times, 27 Sep. 2023
The set’s exhilarating energy is matched by Barker’s unusually smooth mixing and unerring sense of pace; the lush finale makes for the perfect gentle comedown, and a return to Barker’s typically harmonic wheelhouse.
—Philip Sherburne, Pitchfork, 22 Aug. 2023
Paolo Confino, Fortune, 17 Apr. 2024
Marin’s performance comes down to earth after his fabled Cheech and Chong reefer-comedy act and helps outline the difficulty of social crossover.
—Armond White, National Review, 17 Apr. 2024
The reason, according to the suit, comes down to money and the jail looking to avoid bills related to medical costs.
—Julia Marnin, Miami Herald, 17 Apr. 2024
But part of success — at any age — comes down to feeling good about yourself, and Stewart attributes feeling good about yourself to confidence and aging gracefully.
—Hedy Phillips, Peoplemag, 16 Apr. 2024
For many people, though, working into their golden years simply comes down to lacking enough money to stop working and keep a roof over their heads.
—Nicole Goodkind, CNN, 14 Apr. 2024
At the start of intermission, a blue curtain comes down.
—Lisa Kennedy, The Denver Post, 12 Apr. 2024
Not only did the Fed avoid a downturn, but inflation came down significantly, too: After peaking at an annual rate of 7.1 percent in mid-2022, the Fed’s preferred inflation gauge clocked in at 2.5 percent in February.
—Rachel Siegel, Washington Post, 11 Apr. 2024
The battle for sixth place in the East — to avoid the NBA’s play-in tournament — is coming down to the final days of the regular season.
—Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 6 Apr. 2024
Noun
This is often portrayed as a bad thing—a comedown for the United States and a risk for much of the world.
—Rana Foroohar, Foreign Affairs, 28 Oct. 2022
There’s an irreconcilable gap between the singer during performance and her at home being chased by an angry husband or lovingly tending to her children or drinking the ache of comedown from her tour away.
—Harmony Holiday, Los Angeles Times, 1 Dec. 2023
In a massive comedown for a Bolts team that two Sundays earlier had won the AFC championship at Pittsburgh in an upset, Super Bowl XXIX served as a coronation for a Niners franchise that became the first to win five Lombardi Trophies.
—Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Feb. 2024
Technology firms are still feeling a comedown from the sector’s 2021 boom, when the companies were hiring left and right.
—Laura Bratton and Michelle Cheng, Quartz, 18 Jan. 2024
As note above, the post-holiday break comedown is impossible to deny…as are all those post-holiday-shopping credit card statements.
—Danielle Sinay, Glamour, 11 Jan. 2024
That makes a comedown for the U.S. economy seem less likely.
—Justin Lahart, WSJ, 3 Dec. 2023
There are Reddit threads dedicated to post-show comedowns.
—Jenna Wortham, New York Times, 27 Sep. 2023
The set’s exhilarating energy is matched by Barker’s unusually smooth mixing and unerring sense of pace; the lush finale makes for the perfect gentle comedown, and a return to Barker’s typically harmonic wheelhouse.
—Philip Sherburne, Pitchfork, 22 Aug. 2023
Verb
Maybe unemployment would have to go up for inflation to come down to the Fed’s 2% target?
—Paolo Confino, Fortune, 17 Apr. 2024
Marin’s performance comes down to earth after his fabled Cheech and Chong reefer-comedy act and helps outline the difficulty of social crossover.
—Armond White, National Review, 17 Apr. 2024
The reason, according to the suit, comes down to money and the jail looking to avoid bills related to medical costs.
—Julia Marnin, Miami Herald, 17 Apr. 2024
But part of success — at any age — comes down to feeling good about yourself, and Stewart attributes feeling good about yourself to confidence and aging gracefully.
—Hedy Phillips, Peoplemag, 16 Apr. 2024
For many people, though, working into their golden years simply comes down to lacking enough money to stop working and keep a roof over their heads.
—Nicole Goodkind, CNN, 14 Apr. 2024
At the start of intermission, a blue curtain comes down.
—Lisa Kennedy, The Denver Post, 12 Apr. 2024
Not only did the Fed avoid a downturn, but inflation came down significantly, too: After peaking at an annual rate of 7.1 percent in mid-2022, the Fed’s preferred inflation gauge clocked in at 2.5 percent in February.
—Rachel Siegel, Washington Post, 11 Apr. 2024
The battle for sixth place in the East — to avoid the NBA’s play-in tournament — is coming down to the final days of the regular season.
—Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 6 Apr. 2024
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comedown
1 of 2 noun
come·down
ˈkəm-ˌdau̇n 
: a falling in status, position, or reputation
come down
2 of 2 verb(ˌ)kəm-ˈdau̇n
: to fall sick
came down with the flu
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