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 Caitlin Clark had a chance to answer on the other end, but her driving layup would not fall, and Fiebich came down with the rebound. — Chantz Martin Outkick, FOXNews.com, 23 Aug. 2026 By the time the curtain came down after the first act, much of the audience could wait no more and fled for the exits. — Andres Viglucci, Miami Herald, 21 Aug. 2026 Once Letterboxd brass looked at the film, what earned it a spot came down to something less quantifiable than any of the platform’s own metrics. — Joshua Encinias, IndieWire, 21 Aug. 2026 For her mother, Pya Glen, the appeal came down largely to practical considerations. — Anna Esaki-Smith, Forbes.com, 17 Aug. 2026 Somewhat in tandem, Alan Jackson served as Reiner’s main defense lawyer when the two first-degree murder charges first came down late last year. — Dominic Patten, Deadline, 17 Aug. 2026 The majority opinion, by the two Republican appointees, came down on a Thursday morning in January. — Andrew Marantz, New Yorker, 17 Aug. 2026 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

Recent Examples of Synonyms for came down

Verb

Now, as her family, friends and fans mourn, questions remain about what happened in the actress’ final hours before her death at age 36, far from home at an apartment in South Carolina.

— Julianna Bragg, CNN Money, 22 Aug. 2026
Although the crime happened in Kansas City, Argyriou said, so did the response.

— Eric Adler, Kansas City Star, 22 Aug. 2026

Definition of happened

Verb

There was a pause, as a room full of songwriters — the event was specifically for the Recording Academy’s Songwriters & Composers Wing — erupted into laughter.

— Chris Willman, Variety, 25 Aug. 2026
Toby Xu, Alibaba Group’s chief financial officer, said there was revenue growth and margin gains across the company’s core businesses.

— Arthur Zaczkiewicz, Footwear News, 24 Aug. 2026

Definition of was

Verb

One of his first major tests in office was the sinking of the Kursk, a nuclear submarine that went down with 118 sailors on board.

— Nathan Hodge, CNN Money, 23 Aug. 2026
Valentine went down early in camp with a hamstring injury, was replaced by Cisse and has been buried since.

— Rob Reischel, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2026