as in to happen
to take place
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Recent Examples of go down
To make that medicine go down easier, RAYE costumes her fatalism in a baroque maximalism.
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Boutayna Chokrane, Pitchfork, 2 Apr. 2026
Locking in demand To be sure, wind and solar power remains hobbled by weather conditions, with capacity weaker when the sun goes down or the wind dies out.
—Tristan Bove, Fortune, 2 Apr. 2026
Tyler’s face had a gash going down his cheek, with a smaller gash on his eye and stitches on his brow.
—Angel Saunders, PEOPLE, 2 Apr. 2026
Mullins was the toast of college basketball and knew his name would go down in NCAA Tournament history.
—Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 2 Apr. 2026
The aircraft, assigned to Nellis Air Force Base near Las Vegas, went down within the restricted military training complex north of the city.
—Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 1 Apr. 2026
Bucknor, 63, immediately turned around and went down on his knees as Brewers catcher William Contreras checked on him.
—ABC News, 1 Apr. 2026
This season, which started with such high hopes, has been over for a while, ending when Jimmy Butler went down in mid-January with a season-ending ACL injury.
—Sports Columnist, San Francisco Chronicle, 1 Apr. 2026
Yeah, this isn’t going to make everybody’s prices go down.
—Kyle Cheromcha, The Drive, 1 Apr. 2026
Boutayna Chokrane, Pitchfork, 2 Apr. 2026
Locking in demand To be sure, wind and solar power remains hobbled by weather conditions, with capacity weaker when the sun goes down or the wind dies out.
—Tristan Bove, Fortune, 2 Apr. 2026
Tyler’s face had a gash going down his cheek, with a smaller gash on his eye and stitches on his brow.
—Angel Saunders, PEOPLE, 2 Apr. 2026
Mullins was the toast of college basketball and knew his name would go down in NCAA Tournament history.
—Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 2 Apr. 2026
The aircraft, assigned to Nellis Air Force Base near Las Vegas, went down within the restricted military training complex north of the city.
—Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 1 Apr. 2026
Bucknor, 63, immediately turned around and went down on his knees as Brewers catcher William Contreras checked on him.
—ABC News, 1 Apr. 2026
This season, which started with such high hopes, has been over for a while, ending when Jimmy Butler went down in mid-January with a season-ending ACL injury.
—Sports Columnist, San Francisco Chronicle, 1 Apr. 2026
Yeah, this isn’t going to make everybody’s prices go down.
—Kyle Cheromcha, The Drive, 1 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for go down
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When not giddily tearing apart the rom-com – a key conversation between Charlie and Emma happens in the trope-iest of cinematic eateries, a diner – Borgli asks really major thematic questions with his controversial subject matter.—
Brian Truitt,
USA Today,
31 Mar. 2026
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Martin County Sheriff John Budensiek held a press conference three hours after the crash and detailed what happened.—
Megan Armstrong,
MSNBC Newsweek,
31 Mar. 2026
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Eklund then fed an open Leddy, who came down the slot and beat Predators goalie Juuse Saros for his first goal of the season.—
Curtis Pashelka,
Mercury News,
5 Apr. 2026
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Stop Sales came down on all of that.—
David J. Neal,
Miami Herald,
4 Apr. 2026
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But there was the more important distance — the one separating Liverpool’s summer signing (from the Swedish top-flight club Kristianstad DFF) from the high-ankle sprain in December suffered during a benign set-piece session.—
Megan Feringa,
New York Times,
1 Apr. 2026
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There is a priority placed on prevention and providing services to children and families within the home environment.—
Charlotte Observer,
Charlotte Observer,
1 Apr. 2026
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“Go down.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/go%20down. Accessed 5 Apr. 2026.
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