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?

Synonyms & Similar Words

Relevance

Example Sentences

Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to show current usage. Read More Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.

Recent Examples of going down The Lake Superior State hockey team pulled off an awesome move for the anniversary of the Edmund Fitzgerald going down. — David Hookstead Outkick, FOXNews.com, 11 Nov. 2026 Citi also cut its Nvidia price target, going down to $285 from $315. — Jim Cramer, CNBC, 10 Nov. 2026 Khamenia scored 11 points in just seven minutes before going down awkwardly on his left foot during a defensive possession and heading back to the locker room 10 minutes into the game. — Joe Arruda, Hartford Courant, 10 Nov. 2026 Armstrong was the Commanders’ best pass rusher last year before going down with a torn ACL. — Tashan Reed, Washington Post, 2 Nov. 2026 But everything changed for the worse this week, with Williams and Cason Wallace both going down with injuries that could sideline them for the entire season. — Dan Woike, New York Times, 28 Oct. 2026 The sun going down over Coleman Pond, which sits at the back of Katz’s Lincolnville property. — Dodie Kazanjian, Vogue, 19 Oct. 2026 The series follows the Canadian team’s historic run to the World Cup final, where they were ultimately toppled by host country England, going down 33-13 in front of a sellout crowd of 82,000 at Twickenham Stadium in South West London. — Max Goldbart, Deadline, 7 Oct. 2026 And finding that fresh way to tell stories doesn’t necessarily mean going down the tried-and-tested horror route. — Alex Ritman, Variety, 23 Sep. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for going down

Verb

The results are delicate and beautiful, a quiet and enduring counter to the louder creativity happening across the city.

— Erin Florio, Condé Nast Traveler, 10 Nov. 2026
Similar falls are happening elsewhere and likely to accelerate as sub-Saharan Africa succumbs to the same factors that have sped fertility declines elsewhere.

— Jesús Fernández-Villaverde, Foreign Affairs, 10 Nov. 2026

Definition of happening

Verb

So even after a summer in which Miami acquired a two-time MVP (Giannis Antetokounmpo) and another future Hall of Famer (Klay Thompson), the questions keep coming about which player the Heat can now add to put it over the top.

— Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 8 Sep. 2026
But to answer your question, yes, there is stuff coming about the other silos.

— Hunter Ingram, Variety, 4 Sep. 2026