Synonyms of go down

go down

verb

slang

as in to happen

to take place

when's the drug deal supposed to go down?

Synonyms & Similar Words

• happen
• come down
• be
• occur
• come
• do
• come about
• go on
• come to pass
• cook
• come off
• pass
• befall
• chance
• transpire
• betide
• hap
• rise
• shape (up)
• spring (up)
• go off
• develop
• crop (up)
• fall out
• result
• turn out
• come up
• arise
• proceed
• materialize
• intervene
• follow
• break

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of go down

But for the size of the set, this was a show that could almost as easily have gone down at Buck Owens’ Crystal Palace as at the Greek. — Chris Willman, Variety, 16 Oct. 2026

Meanwhile, some gave the Chinese metropolis reasons to keep moving after the runway lights went down. — Tianwei Zhang, Footwear News, 16 Oct. 2026

He was shot and went down inside the school shortly after officers arrived, police spokesperson Sheila Miller said. — Alanna Durkin Richer, Los Angeles Times, 15 Oct. 2026

What actually went down between Love and Kathleen Hannah backstage at ’95 Lollapalooza? — Andrew Unterberger, Billboard, 15 Oct. 2026