went down; gone down; going down; goes down
1
2
a
: to drop to a lower level
prices going down
b
: to become smaller
The swelling has gone down.
c
: to become less bright
The lights went down as the movie started.
3
—used to say how easy or hard it is to swallow something
The medicine went down easily.
4
a
: to please or agree with one
—used with with and an adverb
My suggestion didn't go down well with the boss.
b
: to come to be remembered especially in posterity
Will they go down in history as great leaders?
5
British
: to leave a university
6
a
: to lose or fail
went down in the third round
b
chiefly British
: to become incapacitated
… went down with … acute tonsillitis …—
Helen Cathcart
Helen Cathcart
c
of a computer, system, etc.
: to stop working
The network went down this morning.
7
slang
: to take place : happen
see also go down on
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
Natasha Korecki, NBC news, 14 Feb. 2026
Griffen goes down after catching elbow to the face from Vanderbilt guard Mike James.
—American Statesman Staff, Austin American Statesman, 14 Feb. 2026
There’s also a sense that the woman no longer recognizes the 20-year-old woman who went down a violent path.
—Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 14 Feb. 2026
This goes down to the foundations of addressing the growing literacy and numeracy crisis, including recovering from COVID-era and post-COVID learning loss.
—Eleanor Dearman, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 Feb. 2026
Bits of grass, coins, and anything else that comes out in the wash doesn’t go down the drain.
—Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 14 Feb. 2026
Without that, the use of AI could go down as the point at which the 21st century’s scramble for Africa went into overdrive.
—Alexis Akwagyiram, semafor.com, 13 Feb. 2026
In Georgia, public school enrollment declined last fall statewide by nearly 30,000 students; over the past 10 years, it’s gone down by nearly 3%.
—Ajc Staff Report, AJC.com, 13 Feb. 2026
Washington’s void up front was glaring last season, and became especially so when defensive end Dorance Armstrong went down with a season-ending injury.
—The Athletic Nfl Staff, New York Times, 12 Feb. 2026
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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 someone who looked like a supervisor went down the line talking to the officers, Bertrand said.
—Natasha Korecki, NBC news, 14 Feb. 2026
Griffen goes down after catching elbow to the face from Vanderbilt guard Mike James.
—American Statesman Staff, Austin American Statesman, 14 Feb. 2026
There’s also a sense that the woman no longer recognizes the 20-year-old woman who went down a violent path.
—Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 14 Feb. 2026
This goes down to the foundations of addressing the growing literacy and numeracy crisis, including recovering from COVID-era and post-COVID learning loss.
—Eleanor Dearman, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 Feb. 2026
Bits of grass, coins, and anything else that comes out in the wash doesn’t go down the drain.
—Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 14 Feb. 2026
Without that, the use of AI could go down as the point at which the 21st century’s scramble for Africa went into overdrive.
—Alexis Akwagyiram, semafor.com, 13 Feb. 2026
In Georgia, public school enrollment declined last fall statewide by nearly 30,000 students; over the past 10 years, it’s gone down by nearly 3%.
—Ajc Staff Report, AJC.com, 13 Feb. 2026
Washington’s void up front was glaring last season, and became especially so when defensive end Dorance Armstrong went down with a season-ending injury.
—The Athletic Nfl Staff, New York Times, 12 Feb. 2026
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“Godown.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/godown. Accessed 16 Feb. 2026.
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