as in happening
to take place
when's the drug deal supposed to go down?
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Recent Examples of going down
Those injury issues bled into his junior year, with the 6-foot running back going down on the first day of fall camp in late July.
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Shaun Goodwin, Idaho Statesman, 5 Nov. 2025
The vaccination rates for flu, measles, and tetanus are also going down.
—Phillip Reese, CNN Money, 5 Nov. 2025
Getting a bit weird with it, going down these rabbit holes.
—Jim Hemphill, IndieWire, 29 Oct. 2025
And so to see this whole thing falling apart, her son going down the tubes, what's going to happen to him, her husband, lie after lie and deception after deception, on top of things that predate the show.
—H. Alan Scott, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Oct. 2025
And some might be afraid of their property values going down, or that their neighborhood will be rampant with crime.
—Max Klaver, Miami Herald, 14 Oct. 2025
Thank you for not going down that road.
—Breanne L. Heldman, PEOPLE, 1 Oct. 2025
So why are satisfaction rates going down?
—Tomas Gorny, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
Hood offered an olive branch to Equity last week to co-operate on the issue but Equity is instead going down the appeals route.
—Max Goldbart, Deadline, 10 Sep. 2025
Shaun Goodwin, Idaho Statesman, 5 Nov. 2025
The vaccination rates for flu, measles, and tetanus are also going down.
—Phillip Reese, CNN Money, 5 Nov. 2025
Getting a bit weird with it, going down these rabbit holes.
—Jim Hemphill, IndieWire, 29 Oct. 2025
And so to see this whole thing falling apart, her son going down the tubes, what's going to happen to him, her husband, lie after lie and deception after deception, on top of things that predate the show.
—H. Alan Scott, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Oct. 2025
And some might be afraid of their property values going down, or that their neighborhood will be rampant with crime.
—Max Klaver, Miami Herald, 14 Oct. 2025
Thank you for not going down that road.
—Breanne L. Heldman, PEOPLE, 1 Oct. 2025
So why are satisfaction rates going down?
—Tomas Gorny, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
Hood offered an olive branch to Equity last week to co-operate on the issue but Equity is instead going down the appeals route.
—Max Goldbart, Deadline, 10 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for going down
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Gossip blogs on the Housewives have become an entire cottage industry, and that’s a far more likely explanation as to why this tends to keep happening.—
Tom Smyth,
Vulture,
5 Nov. 2025
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What happened to us at this company is happening at another company in another sector.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
4 Nov. 2025
Verb
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The way Easterwood sees it, people don’t think voting in local elections affects them as personally as what’s going on at the White House and at the state level.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
7 Nov. 2025
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Bottom line The most likely scenario moving forward has the Oilers activating Walman this weekend, with Regula possibly going on IR.—
Allan Mitchell,
New York Times,
17 Oct. 2025
Verb
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The cobwebs are coming down, and the twinkle lights are going up!—
Caroline Ritzie,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
5 Nov. 2025
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As for borrowing against home equity, lending rates have been coming down slowly.—
Jeanne Sahadi,
CNN Money,
29 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Springsteen’s coming off a massive E Street Band tour and disappearing into himself.—
Henry Selick,
IndieWire,
6 Nov. 2025
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Stocks had been coming off a monthslong hot streak.—
John Towfighi,
CNN Money,
6 Nov. 2025
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“Going down.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/going%20down. Accessed 9 Nov. 2025.
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