as in to happen
to take place
when's the drug deal supposed to go down?
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Recent Examples of go down
Thankfully, there are self-aware jabs as well, and it’s all couched in a character- and ensemble-centric ending that has hearty portions that help the random sour bite go down smoothly.
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Ben Travers,
IndieWire,
25 June 2026
Grown men took delight in hitting one of the beach balls — some painted like soccer balls — that floated through the air during the walk, which started at the Power & Light District, went down Grand Boulevard and ended at Fan Fest.
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Pete Grathoff,
Kansas City Star,
25 June 2026
Pughsley, one of the last old-school American bookies, with a salesman’s knack for generating business and a website that was ahead of its time, was going down, and the people around him were, too.
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Keith O’Brien,
New Yorker,
25 June 2026
The two powerful earthquakes that hit Venezuela on Wednesday -- each measuring more than magnitude 7 and coming within moments of each other -- will likely go down as the most devastating and deadly in the country in modern history.
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Kenton Gewecke,
ABC News,
25 June 2026
The dancefloor is fun and all, but the ladies room is where the real drama goes down.
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Hattie Lindert,
Pitchfork,
25 June 2026
The outfit was intentional for the bride who also sought to break the Guinness World Record for the most times a bride has gone down a water slide in a wedding dress.
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Kimberlee Speakman,
PEOPLE,
25 June 2026
Xhaka was about to take a free kick when Larin blocked him and went down on the pitch.
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Marlene Lenthang,
NBC news,
25 June 2026
Around Christmas 2024 the Estlink 2 cable between Finland and Estonia went down after a shadow-fleet tanker, the Eagle S, dragged its anchor across the seabed.
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Güney Yıldız,
Forbes.com,
25 June 2026
Ben Travers,
IndieWire,
25 June 2026
Grown men took delight in hitting one of the beach balls — some painted like soccer balls — that floated through the air during the walk, which started at the Power & Light District, went down Grand Boulevard and ended at Fan Fest.
—
Pete Grathoff,
Kansas City Star,
25 June 2026
Pughsley, one of the last old-school American bookies, with a salesman’s knack for generating business and a website that was ahead of its time, was going down, and the people around him were, too.
—
Keith O’Brien,
New Yorker,
25 June 2026
The two powerful earthquakes that hit Venezuela on Wednesday -- each measuring more than magnitude 7 and coming within moments of each other -- will likely go down as the most devastating and deadly in the country in modern history.
—
Kenton Gewecke,
ABC News,
25 June 2026
The dancefloor is fun and all, but the ladies room is where the real drama goes down.
—
Hattie Lindert,
Pitchfork,
25 June 2026
The outfit was intentional for the bride who also sought to break the Guinness World Record for the most times a bride has gone down a water slide in a wedding dress.
—
Kimberlee Speakman,
PEOPLE,
25 June 2026
Xhaka was about to take a free kick when Larin blocked him and went down on the pitch.
—
Marlene Lenthang,
NBC news,
25 June 2026
Around Christmas 2024 the Estlink 2 cable between Finland and Estonia went down after a shadow-fleet tanker, the Eagle S, dragged its anchor across the seabed.
—
Güney Yıldız,
Forbes.com,
25 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for go down
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That was a normal action in football that happened by accident.
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This is the business end, and this is the stage where, in my opinion, the big players step forward and the big players carry the pressure and make things happen.
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The game included 12 triple stumpers and came down to Final Jeopardy!
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And while gasoline prices will come down eventually, American taxpayers might be on the hook for military costs long after any peace deal is signed.
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There were kids battling adults of the same age as their parents.
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Projections varied in the weeks leading up to the draft with no real consensus among draft analysts, but in the last 24 hours there were strong indications the Clippers would choose Wagler and the Nets would take Brown.
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