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 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 Some of her subjects, then at the pinnacle of fame, have since gone down strange paths. — Michael Schulman, New Yorker, 21 July 2026 In what could have gone down as a reminder that there’s still time to salvage their season, the San Diego Padres challenged a first-place club Monday night and almost came out ahead. — Dennis Lin, New York Times, 21 July 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

Recent Examples of Synonyms for gone down

Verb

The incident happened near Liberty Island, home to the Statue of Liberty.

— Martin Goillandeau, CNN Money, 9 Aug. 2026
Here are some of the aspects of Tony that actually happened in Anthony Bourdain’s life and others that were dramatized.

— Caroline Blair, PEOPLE, 8 Aug. 2026

Definition of happened

Verb

The impact set several fires in an industrial zone, Vorobyov wrote, with damage also done to an administrative building and an electrical substation.

— David Brennan, ABC News, 4 Aug. 2026
The only real equivalent from that generation was Alexander McQueen, and the Met has already done a McQueen exhibition.

— Seth Abramovitch, HollywoodReporter, 4 Aug. 2026

Definition of done

Verb

The Supersonic™ Travel comes with a styling concentrator attachment that works well for polished, event-ready styles.

— Condé Nast Traveler, Condé Nast Traveler, 4 Aug. 2026
Still, the resignation comes with just weeks before Johnson introduces that budget, his fourth, which will also have to address a likely large 2027 deficit.

— Alice Yin, Chicago Tribune, 4 Aug. 2026

Definition of come

Verb

Getting everything out is so chaotic that guests start coming down the slide before they’re even done.

— Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 4 Aug. 2026
Both had introduced a Friday lunchtime town hall — a weekly hour where people could talk through changes coming down the pipeline before and during the transformation.

— Owen Fitzpatrick, Fortune, 4 Aug. 2026