Thesaurus results for GONE DOWN

gone down

verb

past participle of go down, slang

as in happened

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

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Recent Examples of gone down Had the 747 project faltered, Boeing would likely have gone down with it. — Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 12 June 2026 Mayor Evans and City Manager Joe Smolinski argued that despite incurring debt, Mansfield’s tax rate has consistently gone down in recent years while the homestead property tax exemption rate has increased. — Matthew Adams, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 4 June 2026 Karen says homelessness has gone down by more than 17%. — Carlos De Loera, Los Angeles Times, 29 May 2026 To a degree, the Bucks already have gone down that road, with the bad contract extended last summer to Myles Turner in free agency and the corresponding waive-and-stretch of Damian Lillard, a contract that will remain on their cap through 2029-30. — Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 21 Mar. 2026 This has gone down well with many of the millions of tourists who visit Paris each year. — Lisa Courbebaisse, CNN Money, 21 Mar. 2026 Spending still out of control The second interim budget presentation also revealed that spending with third party contractors has not gone down as much as was projected at the first interim update. — Jennah Pendleton, Sacbee.com, 20 Mar. 2026 And while the price of chicken feed has gone down this year, most of Puglisi's other expenses have increased. — Scott Horsley, NPR, 13 Mar. 2026 The footage inside the silicone throat was shot weeks prior; when the camera cuts to Howard, production used scopes of different lengths to indicate how far the tube may have gone down his throat. — Marah Eakin, Vulture, 6 Mar. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for gone down

Verb

Argentina triumphed on penalties in 1998, after David Beckham was sent off, and England won via a penalty in 2002, when Beckham went some way to atoning for what happened four years earlier by converting from the spot.

— Stuart James, New York Times, 12 July 2026
What happened, Wells' parents say, is a mystery riddled with conflicting stories, implausible explanations and missing details.

— ABC News, ABC News, 11 July 2026

Definition of happened

Verb

The game included six triple stumpers and came down to Final Jeopardy!

— USA TODAY Staff, USA Today, 8 July 2026
Still, as Norstella’s Chancellor notes, what goes up eventually comes down, and newer breakthroughs are likely to be in more niche areas, like myasthenia gravis, rather than mega-blockbusters for common ailments like rheumatoid arthritis.

— Amy Feldman, Forbes.com, 8 July 2026