Thesaurus results for 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?

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Recent Examples of went down When the voting went down, every savvy person in the motion picture industry had certainly seen it. — Thomas Doherty, HollywoodReporter, 18 July 2026 The bulk of the campus had been quickly converted after its previous occupant went down in the fallout from the dot-com bust. — Claire Stapleton, New Yorker, 18 July 2026 Toczko said that rescue teams had searched over 1,200 miles and continued their efforts until the sun went down on Wednesday, July 15, NBC Bay Area reported. — Gabrielle Rockson, PEOPLE, 17 July 2026 One of the plot twists of the tournament went down especially well among base personnel — the Canadian men’s national team having their greatest-ever World Cup run, while serving as one of the event’s three co-hosts. — Jessica Hopkins, New York Times, 17 July 2026 The result went down in fashion history, and Castañer, a label founded in the city of Bañolas in 1927, continues to make the design. — Lilah Ramzi, Vogue, 17 July 2026 Angel City attacker Jun Endo went down with a non-contact injury in the 33rd minute and was assisted off the pitch visibly shaken. — Los Angeles Times, 12 July 2026 Said differently, in a decade and a half, the number of players selected in the MLB Draft went down by approximately 40%. — Dan Freedman, Forbes.com, 11 July 2026 Angel City attacker Jun Endo went down with a noncontact injury in the 33rd minute and was assisted off the pitch visibly shaken. — ABC News, 11 July 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for went down

Verb

What happened in Atlanta was so traumatic that, even three days on, its effects are still being felt.

— Jack Pitt-Brooke, New York Times, 19 July 2026
But that’s all happened in spite of the politicians, certainly not because of them.

— Ben Church, CNN Money, 18 July 2026

Definition of happened

Verb

Four days into the seven-day cruise, my wife came down with Type A flu and was quarantined in our small, windowless cabin.

— Josh Rivera, USA Today, 19 July 2026
During production, O’Neil came down with a mild case of dengue fever that kept him at their hotel for some days.

— Anna Marie de la Fuente, Variety, 10 July 2026

Definition of came down

Verb

Unsurprisingly, there was a strong Premier League presence among the leading clubs represented, but Crystal Palace and Sunderland will be particularly happy with their players’ exploits.

— Mark Carey, New York Times, 21 July 2026
There was something so sinister about FIFA pushing the idea of diversity while bending the knee to a government working to discard the real thing.

— Olivier Lafontant, Pitchfork, 20 July 2026

Definition of was

Verb

Those calls came about an hour after several calls reporting loud music and a large gathering of vehicles.

— Rick Hurd, Mercury News, 20 July 2026
The longtime friends told the publication that their collaboration for the different wedding attire came about during a casual dinner.

— Toria Sheffield, PEOPLE, 19 July 2026