Thesaurus results for CAME DOWN

came down

verb

past tense of come down

as in happened

to take place let's wait and see what comes down at the meeting

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Recent Examples of came down And in an election that came down to a few thousand votes in about five states, that lack of judgment matters. — Phillip M. Bailey, USA Today, 3 Aug. 2026 The Motor City Machine Guns came down to stave off the attack and embraced the Bang Bang Gang in the ring. — Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 2 Aug. 2026 The beginning of the company’s pivot to becoming a consumer-facing brand began in the mid-80s, and came down, once again, to Stern’s forward-thinking philosophy. — Victoria Gomelsky, Robb Report, 27 July 2026 During production, O’Neil came down with a mild case of dengue fever that kept him at their hotel for some days. — Anna Marie De La Fuente, Variety, 10 July 2026 The order came down on Friday afternoon, just one day ahead of the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence, which occurred just one block down the road from Washington’s residence at Independence Hall. — Molly Parks, The Washington Examiner, 4 July 2026 The plaza came down in March 2025 at Bowser’s direction, spurred by threats from Congress to hold the city’s funding. — Gary Fields, Chicago Tribune, 26 June 2026 The Supreme Court decision came down during a period designated for public comment at Thursday’s Miami City Commission meeting, where more than 50 people spoke out against the city’s 287(g) agreement. — Syra Ortiz Blanes, Miami Herald, 26 June 2026 In Fridley, several vehicles stopped on the side of Interstate 694 as hail came down onto the roadway. — Nick Lentz, CBS News, 20 June 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for came down

Verb

Then Digital Audio Workstations like Cubase happened and suddenly, the bedroom became the recording studio.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 2 Aug. 2026
The instructions did not forbid what happened, and the environments did not prevent it.

— Sandy Carter, Forbes.com, 2 Aug. 2026

Definition of happened

Verb

There was a small bathroom with glass doors and a shower, a mini-bar, closet, desk, lounge chair and large doors that open onto the street.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 4 Aug. 2026
Two Plössl eyepieces provided different magnifications, and there was also a red-dot finderscope and a manual equatorial mount with slow-motion cables.

— Damian Peach, Space.com, 4 Aug. 2026

Definition of was

Verb

Atlanta went down to 10 men in the 27th minute when Enea Mihaj was shown a red card, but Miguel Almirón gave United the lead three minutes later.

— ABC News, ABC News, 1 Aug. 2026
In addition to Pearsall and Kirk, running back Jordan James is out with a rib fracture, and safety Malik Mustapha went down with a hamstring strain.

— Matt Barrows, New York Times, 1 Aug. 2026

Definition of went down

Verb

The incident occurred at an Embassy Suites, located in the 3400 block of International Boulevard in Hapeville, Fox 5 Atlanta reported.

— Raechal Shewfelt, Entertainment Weekly, 4 Aug. 2026
This incident occurred the same day that the National Guard was deployed to Los Angeles.

— Seamus Bozeman, Los Angeles Times, 4 Aug. 2026