went down; gone down; going down; goes down
1
2
: to admit of being swallowed
the medicine went down easily
3
a
: to find acceptance
will the plan go down with the farmers
b
: to come to be remembered especially in posterity
will he go down in history as a great president
4
British
: to leave a university
5
a
: to undergo defeat or failure
b
chiefly British
: to become incapacitated
went down with … acute tonsillitis—
Helen Cathcart
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slang
: to take place : happen
Examples of godown in a Sentence
Verb
when's the drug deal supposed to go down?
Recent Examples on the Web
Rafil Kroll-Zaidi, Harper’s Magazine , 7 Dec. 2021
Tegh Singh arrives and unloads his bundles of blossoms in Kapoor’s godown, an open-air stone courtyard that serves as the distillery.
—Rachna Sachasinh, National Geographic , 4 Jan. 2021
From across the Singapore River this trio of former godowns (warehouses) cuts a striking profile.
—Cnt Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, 1 May 2018
Matt Audilet, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Oct. 2025
Huntley was set to start on Sunday over Cooper Rush, who was the starter for the Ravens since Jackson went down.
—Scott Thompson, FOXNews.com, 26 Oct. 2025
The offense looked lost when Roman Anthony went down with an oblique injury in early September.
—Gabrielle Starr, Boston Herald, 26 Oct. 2025
Before all of this went down, Blue Jackets winger Dmitri Voronkov appeared to have a goal, which would have made it 3-2 with about eight minutes remaining.
—Aaron Portzline, New York Times, 25 Oct. 2025
But the 39-point advantage also goes down as the Heat’s biggest halftime lead in franchise history, surpassing a 34-point halftime lead against the Portland Trail Blazers on March 29, 2024.
—Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 25 Oct. 2025
Unsurprisingly to the economically literate, rent prices went down and more properties became available to rent.
—Agustina Vergara Cid, Oc Register, 25 Oct. 2025
There is so much more to consume than a green juice—although here, those do go down quite smoothly.
—Jocelyn Silver, Vogue, 25 Oct. 2025
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Noun
Everything surfeit went to the property’s godown.
—Rafil Kroll-Zaidi, Harper’s Magazine , 7 Dec. 2021
Tegh Singh arrives and unloads his bundles of blossoms in Kapoor’s godown, an open-air stone courtyard that serves as the distillery.
—Rachna Sachasinh, National Geographic , 4 Jan. 2021
From across the Singapore River this trio of former godowns (warehouses) cuts a striking profile.
—Cnt Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, 1 May 2018
Verb
The rookie ball-carrier went down in some serious pain at Lincoln Financial Field.
—Matt Audilet, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Oct. 2025
Huntley was set to start on Sunday over Cooper Rush, who was the starter for the Ravens since Jackson went down.
—Scott Thompson, FOXNews.com, 26 Oct. 2025
The offense looked lost when Roman Anthony went down with an oblique injury in early September.
—Gabrielle Starr, Boston Herald, 26 Oct. 2025
Before all of this went down, Blue Jackets winger Dmitri Voronkov appeared to have a goal, which would have made it 3-2 with about eight minutes remaining.
—Aaron Portzline, New York Times, 25 Oct. 2025
But the 39-point advantage also goes down as the Heat’s biggest halftime lead in franchise history, surpassing a 34-point halftime lead against the Portland Trail Blazers on March 29, 2024.
—Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 25 Oct. 2025
Unsurprisingly to the economically literate, rent prices went down and more properties became available to rent.
—Agustina Vergara Cid, Oc Register, 25 Oct. 2025
There is so much more to consume than a green juice—although here, those do go down quite smoothly.
—Jocelyn Silver, Vogue, 25 Oct. 2025
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“Godown.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/godown. Accessed 31 Oct. 2025.
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