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
Helen Cathcart6
slang
: to take place : happen
Examples of godown in a Sentence
Verb
when's the drug deal supposed to go down?
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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
Michael-Shawn Dugar, New York Times, 6 Oct. 2025
So far this year, the number of people shot in Roselawn has gone down from the previous year.
—David Ferrara, Cincinnati Enquirer, 5 Oct. 2025
In fact, productivity in the essential economy has gone down over the past 20 years, while white-collar productivity has gone up, according to Farley.
—Jessica Coacci, Fortune, 4 Oct. 2025
Firm crispy cookie that goes down like a handful of chips but not for someone who likes a chewy cookie.
—Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 3 Oct. 2025
The roar starts before the lights go down — a low, collective thunder that shakes the arena floor.
—Crystal Bell, Rolling Stone, 3 Oct. 2025
This, obviously, wouldn't go down well with Haas F1 team owner, Gene Haas, who has year-on-year shown no interest in selling any portion of his shareholding despite being approached a number of times.
—Alex Harrington, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 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
Then outside linebacker Derick Hall went down with an oblique injury in the first quarter (Hall will undergo testing to determine the severity).
—Michael-Shawn Dugar, New York Times, 6 Oct. 2025
So far this year, the number of people shot in Roselawn has gone down from the previous year.
—David Ferrara, Cincinnati Enquirer, 5 Oct. 2025
In fact, productivity in the essential economy has gone down over the past 20 years, while white-collar productivity has gone up, according to Farley.
—Jessica Coacci, Fortune, 4 Oct. 2025
Firm crispy cookie that goes down like a handful of chips but not for someone who likes a chewy cookie.
—Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 3 Oct. 2025
The roar starts before the lights go down — a low, collective thunder that shakes the arena floor.
—Crystal Bell, Rolling Stone, 3 Oct. 2025
This, obviously, wouldn't go down well with Haas F1 team owner, Gene Haas, who has year-on-year shown no interest in selling any portion of his shareholding despite being approached a number of times.
—Alex Harrington, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Oct. 2025
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“Godown.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/godown. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.
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