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 The game included nine triple stumpers and came down to Final Jeopardy! — Usa Today Staff, USA Today, 7 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 Seattle had one last chance to seal a win as Hiedeman came down the court with just over 11 seconds left. — Nathan Canilao, Mercury News, 13 June 2026 To the artist, that proverbial fourth wall came down after making 2024's 9 Lives. — Chris Barilla, PEOPLE, 12 June 2026 When the sentence came down, Perez was already serving nine years for felony possession of firearms. — Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 29 May 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for came down

Verb

Argentina triumphed on penalties in 1998, after David Beckham was sent off, and England won via a penalty in 2002, when Beckham went some way to atoning for what happened four years earlier by converting from the spot.

— Stuart James, New York Times, 12 July 2026
What happened, Wells' parents say, is a mystery riddled with conflicting stories, implausible explanations and missing details.

— ABC News, ABC News, 11 July 2026

Definition of happened

Verb

There was a casual feel in Memorial Auditorium in the hour before game time, as children kicked a ball around on the auditorium’s sloping floor.

— Graham Womack, Sacbee.com, 7 July 2026
There was the majestic no-doubter that landed more than halfway up the left-field bleachers, a majestic blast that evoked memories of Andrés Galarraga.

— Justice delos Santos, Mercury News, 7 July 2026

Definition of was

Verb

Angel City attacker Jun Endo went down with a non-contact injury in the 33rd minute and was assisted off the pitch visibly shaken.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 12 July 2026
Said differently, in a decade and a half, the number of players selected in the MLB Draft went down by approximately 40%.

— Dan Freedman, Forbes.com, 11 July 2026

Definition of went down

Verb

Though this occurred over a sparsely populated wilderness, the incident sparked a major cleanup operation by Canada and the United States, along with a significant diplomatic flap and the payment of millions of dollars by the Soviets for damages.

— David Szondy July 07, New Atlas, 8 July 2026
The rebuild of the talent line-up comes after the upheaval at the program that has occurred since Bari Weiss joined CBS News as edtior in chief in October.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 8 July 2026