as in to happen
to take place
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Recent Examples of go down
As expected, the game went down to the final second.
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Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 5 Feb. 2026
Williams, meanwhile, is one of the few players in the state who can score 27 points and have her average actually go down.
—Jeff Vorva, Chicago Tribune, 5 Feb. 2026
As the sun goes down, temperatures will drop significantly and range between the 30s and 40s.
—Brooke Muckerman, Memphis Commercial Appeal, 5 Feb. 2026
That game went down as one of the best of all time.
—Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 4 Feb. 2026
After yesterday’s lead story in TAFC, here’s Matt Woosnam right on cue to explain what the hell went down at Crystal Palace in the transfer window.
—Phil Hay, New York Times, 4 Feb. 2026
Valladares owns the business alongside her husband and says when the immigration crackdown ramped up, sales went down.
—Ashley Grams, CBS News, 4 Feb. 2026
The two men went down the road to the hardware store in Western Bay to pick up supplies for the job.
—Hazlitt, 4 Feb. 2026
Norm’s arc and, more broadly speaking, everything that went down with the Vault-Tec staff from Vault 31.
—Jack King, Vulture, 4 Feb. 2026
Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 5 Feb. 2026
Williams, meanwhile, is one of the few players in the state who can score 27 points and have her average actually go down.
—Jeff Vorva, Chicago Tribune, 5 Feb. 2026
As the sun goes down, temperatures will drop significantly and range between the 30s and 40s.
—Brooke Muckerman, Memphis Commercial Appeal, 5 Feb. 2026
That game went down as one of the best of all time.
—Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 4 Feb. 2026
After yesterday’s lead story in TAFC, here’s Matt Woosnam right on cue to explain what the hell went down at Crystal Palace in the transfer window.
—Phil Hay, New York Times, 4 Feb. 2026
Valladares owns the business alongside her husband and says when the immigration crackdown ramped up, sales went down.
—Ashley Grams, CBS News, 4 Feb. 2026
The two men went down the road to the hardware store in Western Bay to pick up supplies for the job.
—Hazlitt, 4 Feb. 2026
Norm’s arc and, more broadly speaking, everything that went down with the Vault-Tec staff from Vault 31.
—Jack King, Vulture, 4 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for go down
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There is no shortage of debate happening in our modern world, including about issues that ignite our passions.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
10 Feb. 2026
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Public opinion surveys conducted for the report show much of the world is already fearful that is happening.—
Brad Lendon,
CNN Money,
10 Feb. 2026
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But looming is the question of whether the federal immigration officers who pulled the triggers in both cases actually broke the law, a question that will come down to complicated issues that are much harder to define than the outrage that prompted calls for accountability.—
Andy Rose,
CNN Money,
7 Feb. 2026
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She was estimated to be born in January or February 1963, coming down to Miami from the Louisville Zoo in March 1982.—
Devoun Cetoute,
Miami Herald,
7 Feb. 2026
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In addition to the Sierra population, there are about 20 Sierra Nevada red foxes living in the Cascade mountain range of Northern California.—
Clara Harter,
Los Angeles Times,
11 Feb. 2026
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First, there are the concentric circle features, which look like wispy shells of ejecta blown off of the star.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
11 Feb. 2026
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