down to
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1
: in a way that includes even (the smallest or least important part)
Our work must be accurate down to the last detail.
They knew everything about him down to the cologne he wore.
2
: to the last person or thing that can be used
It looks like it's down to you and me.
I'm down to my last dollar.
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Dress these boots up to go to the office or out to dinner, or down to wear casually running errands.
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Caroline Hughes, Travel + Leisure, 4 Dec. 2025
Dramatic music then shifts to an image of Tyson with a cut on the side of her eye, blood trailing down to her cheek.
—Sam Gillette, PEOPLE, 4 Dec. 2025
Megan Moroney is coming back down to Earth for her Cloud 9 Tour.
—Ed Masley, USA Today, 4 Dec. 2025
After decades of a top income tax rate of at least 70% for the wealthiest Americans, former President Ronald Reagan in 1982 knocked that down to 50% and in 1987 got it below 40%.
—David Goldman, CNN Money, 4 Dec. 2025
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Caroline Hughes, Travel + Leisure, 4 Dec. 2025
Dramatic music then shifts to an image of Tyson with a cut on the side of her eye, blood trailing down to her cheek.
—Sam Gillette, PEOPLE, 4 Dec. 2025
Megan Moroney is coming back down to Earth for her Cloud 9 Tour.
—Ed Masley, USA Today, 4 Dec. 2025
After decades of a top income tax rate of at least 70% for the wealthiest Americans, former President Ronald Reagan in 1982 knocked that down to 50% and in 1987 got it below 40%.
—David Goldman, CNN Money, 4 Dec. 2025
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“Down to.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/down%20to. Accessed 10 Dec. 2025.
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