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 When López was nine, her father came down with a severe fever. — Jordan Salama, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2026 Brookside and Hartwell both explained in their pre-match promos the match essentially came down to doing things the right way. — Ryan Gaydos Outkick, FOXNews.com, 12 Oct. 2026 Minnesota took over on the Saints 37 and cashed in when Jefferson came down with Murray's 15-yard scoring pass behind three defenders in the back of the end zone. — ABC News, 11 Oct. 2026 The decision on whether to enable Northwestern’s plans came down to Evanston’s City Council, which in October 2023 tied at a preliminary vote. — Shun Graves, Chicago Tribune, 4 Oct. 2026 In the end, their fate came down to seven wild and improbable seconds. — Rick Maese, Washington Post, 28 Sep. 2026 Evans, in fact, was the one who came down with the interception that was ultimately undone by the roughing the passer penalty. — Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 28 Sep. 2026 The sales veteran said estimating a value of a film, country by country, came down to a mixture of experience and expertise. — Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 27 Sep. 2026 The news came down mid-festival that Malkovich had won the Best Actor prize at Venice for his performance in Martin McDonagh’s latest film. — Joe Reid, Vulture, 21 Sep. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for came down

Verb

Here’s what happened outside before the doors officially unlocked.

— Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Observer, 17 Oct. 2026
Had that not happened the team would have had to most likely play at Gateway Center Arena — its usual home that seats 3,500.

— ABC News, ABC News, 17 Oct. 2026

Definition of happened

Verb

Coke may not have been involved, but clearly something went down, because Combs was taken to a local hospital early on October 10 with something wrong with his noggin.

— Dominic Patten, Deadline, 15 Oct. 2026
With the flash of red taillights flickering outside of the stadium, a sign of fans already heading for the exits, the Dodgers went down in order to end the game.

— Maddie Lee, Los Angeles Times, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of went down

Verb

The earthquake's epicenter was about 1 mile south-southwest of San Ramon and occurred at a depth of 4 miles.

— CA Earthquake Bot, Sacbee.com, 19 Oct. 2026
The incident occurred along the 3700 block of Gardenia Avenue, where police received a call about two shots being fired in a nearby residence, Long Beach Police said in a statement.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 18 Oct. 2026