Synonyms of went down

went down

verb

past tense of go down, slang

as in happened

to take place

when's the drug deal supposed to go down?

Synonyms & Similar Words

• happened
• came down
• was
• went on
• came about
• occurred
• came
• came to pass
• did
• came off
• cooked
• betided
• transpired
• passed
• befell
• chanced
• shaped (up)
• came up
• happed
• cropped (up)
• fell out
• turned out
• went off
• developed
• rose
• sprang (up)
• arose
• proceeded
• resulted
• intervened
• materialized
• followed
• broke

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of went down

Aviation attorney Mike Slack, who is based in Austin, Texas, said the missing person most probably went down with the aircraft because patients are strapped to their gurney during helicopter transports for safety. — Fedor Zarkhin, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2026

Unlike his compatriot Horn, who went down in that same Cleveland game, Jackson has never been seriously hurt before. — Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 1 Oct. 2026

The ministry said in a statement that the Tu-95 bomber went down in an unpopulated area in the Amur region, adding that one crewmember survived the crash and was hospitalized with injuries. — ABC News, 29 Sep. 2026

Iowa wide receiver Reece Vander Zee hauled in the catch of a lifetime as time expired in The Big House, but don't ask him to recount what exactly went down on the field. — Mark Harris Outkick, FOXNews.com, 29 Sep. 2026

Since production has never been transparent about exactly what went down during her surgery, Kari has only her blurry memory combined with the accounts of cameramen who were in the operating room documenting it — until they were removed. — Marlow Stern, Variety, 24 Sep. 2026

On stage at the conference, Brennan remembered the 2019 sale of Gilmour’s guitar collection, when the rush of online bidders became so intense that the auction house’s system went down and the sale had to be delayed. — Daniel Cassady, ARTnews.com, 23 Sep. 2026

A week later in Pittsburgh, Jenkins returned in an emergency role after Barnett went down with a right hamstring injury. — Matt Murschel, The Orlando Sentinel, 23 Sep. 2026

The pilot ejected before the fighter went down near County Road 633 and Blair Townhall Road in Grand Traverse County. — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 17 Sep. 2026