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 Quinn declined, however, to move Coleman earlier in camp when starting center Nick Allegretti went down with a calf injury, opting instead to use Julian Good-Jones and let Coleman focus on left guard. — Nicki Jhabvala, New York Times, 9 Aug. 2026 The economy lost 23,000 jobs last month, yet the unemployment rate went down as the workforce shrank. — Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 7 Aug. 2026 After this news, prescriptions for hormone therapy went down dramatically. — Mara Gordon, NPR, 7 Aug. 2026 Atlanta went down to 10 men in the 27th minute when Enea Mihaj was shown a red card, but Miguel Almirón gave United the lead three minutes later. — ABC News, 1 Aug. 2026 In April, an Air Force F-35 assigned to Nellis Air Force Base went down in the Nevada Test and Training Range after the pilot ejected safely. — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 31 July 2026 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 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

Recent Examples of Synonyms for went 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

In Andersonville, a large tree limb snapped along Catalpa Avenue near Clark Street, and came down onto several cars.

— Darius Johnson, CBS News, 10 Aug. 2026
Records show that, when the Berlin Wall came down in late 1989, Becker sold the car to German enthusiast Peter Schmitz, who kept the car until Dutch dealer Jan Bruijn persuaded him to sell it in 1995.

— Howard Walker, Robb Report, 10 Aug. 2026

Definition of came down

Verb

On the flip side, when there was a flood in the lobby, one creator, who happened to be there, posted on social media.

— Doug Gollan, Forbes.com, 11 Aug. 2026
Despite Villa reaching their zenith under Emery in May, there was a growing argument to undergo a stable transitional phase, providing youthful impetus and appearing proactive, rather than reactive, in lowering the age of the squad.

— Jacob Tanswell, New York Times, 11 Aug. 2026

Definition of was

Verb

Hubbard went on to run Kentucky’s Social Security disability system and its child-support-enforcement program, before leading its Office of Medicaid Fraud and Abuse Control.

— Michelle Lhooq, New Yorker, 7 Aug. 2026
After a severe overnight storm prior to the event, however, the Premier Access viewing area was canceled, organizers said, even though much of the Sail4th 250 celebration went on elsewhere.

— Mahsa Saeidi, CBS News, 31 July 2026

Definition of went on

Verb

Lê Shackelford said the store’s busiest day came about a week after the World Cup had left town — suggesting that the market’s best days would come after the influx of visitors to the city.

— Dylan Lysen, Kansas City Star, 4 Aug. 2026
Robbins told Variety that this collaboration came about after Francesca showed her dad one of his sketches.

— Jack Dunn, Variety, 4 Aug. 2026