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 The key point here is that MLB players received just 47-48 percent of league revenues this year and their share has gone down under each of the last four CBAs. — Jim Bowden, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2026 For a couple of years now, bond prices have mostly gone down, sending interest rates higher. — The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 31 Aug. 2026 To him, Leah had gone down a TikTok rabbit hole and never come out. — Ruby Cramer, New Yorker, 31 Aug. 2026 The deer population has fallen by nearly half, but the tick story is more complicated; while tick numbers have gone down, the proportion carrying Lyme has gone up. — Sarah Zhang, The Atlantic, 3 Aug. 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

Recent Examples of Synonyms for gone down

Verb

What happened in Clancy’s case appears to be similar, assuming the other jurors’ account — and not the holdout’s — is accurate.

— Monu Bedi, Chicago Tribune, 20 Sep. 2026
Take what happened during the Covid-19 pandemic— the Fed, then led by Jerome Powell, was concerned that the pandemic would lead to massive layoffs.

— Scott Horsley, NPR, 19 Sep. 2026

Definition of happened

Verb

Know how many times he’s done that inside his own 40 during his Chiefs career?

— Sam McDowell, Kansas City Star, 15 Sep. 2026
Of course, defining revenue is easier said than done, but if the NBA, NHL and NFL can do it, so can MLB through the use of independent accounting firms.

— Jim Bowden, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2026