Thesaurus results for GOING DOWN

going down

verb

present participle of go down, slang

as in happening

to take place when's the drug deal supposed to go down?

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Recent Examples of going down There’s like a ridge going down the middle of it. — AFAR Media, 11 May 2026 Late night ratings are going down. — Dana Taylor, USA Today, 19 May 2026 My wife loves going down there and taking like strolls and walks and just eating good food. — Carlos Rico, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Apr. 2026 This was going down on day one of the new season, in the spring, to get those expectations in the books. — Sean Joseph Outkick, FOXNews.com, 28 Apr. 2026 The time interval between a car going up and a car going down is therefore extremely short. — Manon Bischoff, Scientific American, 21 Apr. 2026 In 2055, the world population will start going down. — Derek Thompson, The Atlantic, 26 May 2026 Throughout this season, the Rangers have struggled with going down early and having to come from behind. — Cal Phillips june 29, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 29 June 2026 The Canucks had a good thing going down the stretch, with a variety of players stepping up for their teammates and standing up for one another. — Thomas Drance, New York Times, 1 July 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for going down

Verb

Long-running pop-up event Fork N’ Film leans more dinner and movie, pairing dishes directly inspired by what is happening on screen.

— Todd Martens, Los Angeles Times, 8 July 2026
An early sign that this is happening is the phenomenon of companies putting caps and limits on how much their employees can spend on AI tokens, the basic cost-unit of AI.

— Jim Edwards, Fortune, 7 July 2026

Definition of happening

Verb

Since then, opposition to the program has grown, with detractors pointing to examples of people entering diversion and then going on to commit more serious crimes.

— Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 8 July 2026
Wells vanished after going on a boat trip with friends on the 4th of July, officials said.

— Emily Shapiro, ABC News, 7 July 2026

Definition of going on

Verb

Balogun was sent off for coming down on the foot of Bosnia and Herzegovina defender Tarik Muharemovic in the 64th minute of the Americans' win in the Round of 32.

— Fernando Cervantes Jr, USA Today, 7 July 2026
Then a girl called out to them from up the road, coming down the switchback through the forest.

— Emily Ruskovich, The Atlantic, 7 July 2026

Definition of coming down

Verb

Police then shot Kirby in two more hails of gunfire, with the first and last shots coming about 17 seconds apart, video showed.

— David K. Li, NBC news, 15 May 2026
That alone suggests there very well may be a sequel coming about the latter, much more controversial half of the King of Pop’s reign.

— Chris Murphy, Vanity Fair, 12 May 2026

Definition of coming about

Verb

If Pochettino has some other options, including using Brendan Aaronson, who might be better suited coming off the bench in a World Cup, Gio Reyna, who scored off the bench in the 4-1 win over Paraguay in the Group D opener, or Alex Zendejas.

— Michael Lewis, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026
The 18-year-old Barcelona sensation played his longest stretch of the tournament before coming off in the 85th minute, moments after Austria defender David Alaba deflected Yamal’s hard shot off the goal line.

— ABC News, ABC News, 2 July 2026