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

The Huskies’ do-it-all point guard certainly didn’t forget how the championship game went down, battling to get into shape for the biggest game of his life, only to be essentially taken out of the game by a questionable series of fouls. — Joe Arruda, Hartford Courant, 7 Nov. 2026

When blood pressure goes down by as little as 7 mm, that reduction has been associated with a 38% lower risk of recurrent stroke. — Elizabeth Cooney, STAT, 7 Nov. 2026

Earlier in the week, investigators recovered the left tail elevator, which controls the jet's pitch, in three separate pieces, one of them nearly four miles from where the Learjet 60 went down. — Adam Sabes, FOXNews.com, 6 Nov. 2026

Republican incumbents went down despite having vastly more money and many more GOP voters. — Steve Bousquet, Sun Sentinel, 6 Nov. 2026