come down from

idiom

1

: to move or fall downward from (somewhere or something)

I'd like you to come down from that ledge before you fall down.

2

: to be passed on from (a former time)

This is a story that has come down from ancient times.

3

informal : to stop feeling the effect of (an illegal drug) : to stop being high on (a drug)

an addict who is coming down from heroin

Examples of come down from in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Not only has the economy avoided a recession because of a remarkably solid job market and spending by consumers, hopes are also rising that the Fed may soon stop hiking interest rates as inflation has come down from its peak last summer. —Stan Choe, ajc, 8 June 2023

Airfares have come down from their summer surges, Farrell said. —Rachel Siegel, Washington Post, 13 Sep. 2022

The signature John Hancock logo will come down from Fenway Park’s centerfield scoreboard after this season is over. —Jon Chesto, BostonGlobe.com, 7 Sep. 2022

Though overseas shipping costs have come down from peak levels, transportation and freight prices remain high, with higher fuel and wages continuing to apply pressure. —Bill Stone, Forbes, 10 July 2022

Rhymes for come down from

• abomasum
• become
• checksum
• humdrum
• income
• outcome
• succumb
• therefrom
• wherefrom
• bum
• chum
• come