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 Roberts started nine game for the Bucs as a rookie after Calijah Kancey went down with injuries. — Rick Stroud, The Orlando Sentinel, 15 Aug. 2026 Papazyan became a revelation for Glendale after several upperclassmen went down with injuries. — Ethan Hanson, Daily News, 13 Aug. 2026 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 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

Recent Examples of Synonyms for went down

Verb

The league cannot say with certainty whether the feat happened before 1901 due to a lack of game logs.

— ABC News, ABC News, 15 Aug. 2026
Nurses perform serial neurological examinations, manage drains and catheters, titrate pain medication, mobilize patients early, watch for the subtle signs of complication, and educate families who are still processing what just happened.

— Richard Menger MD MPA, Forbes.com, 15 Aug. 2026

Definition of happened

Verb

For her mother, Pya Glen, the appeal came down largely to practical considerations.

— Anna Esaki-Smith, Forbes.com, 17 Aug. 2026
Somewhat in tandem, Alan Jackson served as Reiner’s main defense lawyer when the two first-degree murder charges first came down late last year.

— Dominic Patten, Deadline, 17 Aug. 2026

Definition of came down

Verb

The banana theming came about more than a decade ago as a symbol of cultural unity and diversity across global communities, McDaniels said.

— Camila Pedrosa, Sacbee.com, 15 Aug. 2026
When automobiles first came about, the island’s carriage drivers successfully resisted them.

— Hannah Agran, Midwest Living, 12 Aug. 2026