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 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 Last October, another Hawker Hunter went down in the Big Sur area, prompting a rescue of the pilot. — Jenny Jarvie follow, Los Angeles Times, 23 Sep. 2026 The helicopter, a Eurocopter AS350, went down near a large storage facility. — Arkansas Online, 17 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 The chopper went down between two commercial buildings, killing three people, authorities said. — Paris Barraza, USA Today, 16 Sep. 2026 The right-wing position has been a major issue for Tottenham since Mohammed Kudus went down with a hamstring injury in January. — Chris Waugh, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2026

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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