How to Use go down in a Sentence
go down
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How much will your bill go down?
—Alex Kuffner, The Providence Journal, 10 Apr. 2026
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The game went down to the wire.
—Greg Riddle, Dallas Morning News, 27 Mar. 2026
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Jinx goes down and can’t get up.
—Erin Qualey, Vulture, 22 Apr. 2026
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This bloke just about went down on one knee.
—Literary Hub, 22 Oct. 2025
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When bond prices go down, their yields go up.
—Bart Jansen, USA Today, 28 Mar. 2026
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The night mist leaks in as the sun goes down.
—Literary Hub, 19 Sep. 2025
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That's, of course, not how things went down.
—Julia Moore, PEOPLE, 18 Oct. 2025
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And the ball shows up as a heater – bang, goes down.
—Bill Plunkett, Oc Register, 16 Oct. 2025
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So he's gone down that road and that's a good alien.
—Clare Mulroy, USA Today, 12 May 2026
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That game went down as one of the best of all time.
—Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 4 Feb. 2026
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The goal is to sail the boat, not go down with the ship.
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 30 Apr. 2026
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How did the gun battle go down?
—Miranda Jeyaretnam, Time, 26 Feb. 2026
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Thank you for not going down that road.
—Breanne L. Heldman, PEOPLE, 1 Oct. 2025
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That rubber floor went down last week.
—Tribune News Service, The Orlando Sentinel, 23 Jan. 2026
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Consumers may see some prices go down.
—Miranda Jeyaretnam, Time, 24 Feb. 2026
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Flagg went down clutching his left knee.
—Jason Anderson, Sacbee.com, 7 Jan. 2026
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Phone systems and emails went down.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 20 Mar. 2026
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Here’s a recap of what went down.
—Vogue Business, Vogue, 11 Mar. 2026
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One's gone up, the other may go down.
—Lucas Aulbach, Louisville Courier Journal, 9 Jan. 2026
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Each rider will have one more go down the pipe.
—Nbc News, NBC news, 11 Feb. 2026
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This kind of trade does not go down very often.
—Evan Massey, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Sep. 2025
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Here’s what went down on a busy day at the Games.
—The Sports Desk, NBC news, 10 Feb. 2026
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Here’s a look at what’s going down.
—Ross Raihala, Twin Cities, 22 Oct. 2025
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Lauren could go down and own the paint and post up.
—Greg Riddle, Dallas Morning News, 26 Feb. 2026
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When people feel bad about it, prices can go down.
—Will Jones, AZCentral.com, 20 Feb. 2026
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When the sun went down, things were quiet and okay.
—Lizz Schumer, PEOPLE, 9 Apr. 2026
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The lights go down; the first look crosses the floor.
—Nathan Heller, Vogue, 14 Oct. 2025
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Read on to find out how each finale breakup went down.
—Sydney Bucksbaum, Entertainment Weekly, 22 Oct. 2025
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When one of them goes down, students feel it right away.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 11 May 2026
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The Get Ready tour has gone down so well.
—Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 21 Apr. 2026
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