far down

idiom

: at a low or unimportant position in a list or series

Supporting public education seems to be far down on the government's agenda.

Cleaning house ranks pretty far down on my list.

Examples of far down in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Whatever is behind the Heat’s recent regression, coaches and players need to find answers fast to avoid falling too far down the Eastern Conference standings. —Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 16 Dec. 2025

But America is very far down that list, because America actually uses its army to invade countries rather than do parades. —Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 9 Dec. 2025

Two would involve building and operating drilling rigs on Mars, with one campaign proposing to drill as far down as five kilometers to reach subsurface regions where potentially life-bearing liquid water might exist. —Lee Billings, Scientific American, 9 Dec. 2025

How far down does this biological specialization go? —Quanta Magazine, 5 Dec. 2025

Rhymes for far down

• adown
• blowdown
• breakdown
• countdown
• crackdown
• crosstown
• downtown
• drawdown
• dropdown
• facedown
• godown
• hometown