as in to happen
to take place
when's the drug deal supposed to go down?
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Verb
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The show doesn’t just happen in front of them, but around them.—
Charna Flam,
People.com,
8 Aug. 2025 -
What propels the show now is the immediacy, the urgency of being in this setting with what’s happening in American health care right now.—
Mikey O'Connell,
HollywoodReporter,
7 Aug. 2025
Verb
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Breaches often came down to timing—like posting before a partner or family member.—
Alessandra Schade,
Time,
5 Aug. 2025
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Some of those unit costs will come down as Olio Piro scales up.—
Maria Aspan,
NPR,
5 Aug. 2025
Verb
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When that is the mantra and the mindset, there is less inclination to make a certain series bigger.—
Kevin Acee,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
15 Aug. 2025
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Two daughters and five restaurants would follow, but before there was a Good Salt Restaurant Group, there had to be one.—
Amy Drew Thompson,
The Orlando Sentinel,
15 Aug. 2025
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“Go down.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/go%20down. Accessed 19 Aug. 2025.
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