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 In Andersonville, a large tree limb snapped along Catalpa Avenue near Clark Street, and came down onto several cars. — Darius Johnson, CBS News, 10 Aug. 2026 Records show that, when the Berlin Wall came down in late 1989, Becker sold the car to German enthusiast Peter Schmitz, who kept the car until Dutch dealer Jan Bruijn persuaded him to sell it in 1995. — Howard Walker, Robb Report, 10 Aug. 2026 Springsteen hired them for the entire run after Southside came down with a throat infection and had to call off some shows. — Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 7 Aug. 2026 For Phillips, the difference came down to one regrettable pitch against one of the best hitters of his generation. — Tyler M. Carmona, Miami Herald, 7 Aug. 2026 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 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

Recent Examples of Synonyms for came down

Verb

The incident happened near Liberty Island, home to the Statue of Liberty.

— Martin Goillandeau, CNN Money, 9 Aug. 2026
Here are some of the aspects of Tony that actually happened in Anthony Bourdain’s life and others that were dramatized.

— Caroline Blair, PEOPLE, 8 Aug. 2026

Definition of happened

Verb

On the flip side, when there was a flood in the lobby, one creator, who happened to be there, posted on social media.

— Doug Gollan, Forbes.com, 11 Aug. 2026
Despite Villa reaching their zenith under Emery in May, there was a growing argument to undergo a stable transitional phase, providing youthful impetus and appearing proactive, rather than reactive, in lowering the age of the squad.

— Jacob Tanswell, New York Times, 11 Aug. 2026

Definition of was

Verb

Quinn declined, however, to move Coleman earlier in camp when starting center Nick Allegretti went down with a calf injury, opting instead to use Julian Good-Jones and let Coleman focus on left guard.

— Nicki Jhabvala, New York Times, 9 Aug. 2026
The economy lost 23,000 jobs last month, yet the unemployment rate went down as the workforce shrank.

— Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 7 Aug. 2026

Definition of went down

Verb

The most recent occurred approximately 631,000 years ago, while its latest lava flow took place about 70,000 years ago.

— Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 12 Aug. 2026
Similar trios occurred between 1990 and 1992 and again from 2008 to 2010, with the next not arriving until the mid-2040s.

— Jamie Carter, Forbes.com, 11 Aug. 2026