Synonyms for go down
go down

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1. go down

   Synonyms:
   fail, fall, get the worst of, go under, surrender

   Antonyms:
   bastinado, batter, beat, belabor, bruise, castigate, chastise, conquer, cudgel, defeat, flog, overcome, pommel, pound, scourge, smite, spank, strike, surpass, switch, thrash, vanquish, whip, worst

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1. descend, fall, go down, come downverb

   move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way

   "The temperature is going down"; "The barometer is falling"; "The curtain fell on the diva"; "Her hand went up and then fell again"

   Synonyms:
   crash, boil down, shine, light, accrue, diminish, set, strike, devolve, sicken, flow, precipitate, settle, go under, reduce, condescend, lessen, come down, sink, deign, pass, descend, come, fall, return, decrease, derive, decline, wane, hang, fall down

2. sink, settle, go down, go underverb

   go under, "The raft sank and its occupants drowned"

   Synonyms:
   settle, square up, dip, make up, patch up, nail down, drop down, sink, settle down, square off, decline, lapse, slide down, descend, come down, root, determine, crash, steady down, go under, subside, reconcile, fall, finalise, ensconce, wane, get back, pass, bury, adjudicate, conciliate, decide, drop, resolve, locate, fall off, go by, set, finalize, slump, take root

3. decline, go down, waneverb

   grow smaller

   "Interest in the project waned"

   Synonyms:
   reject, come down, set, refuse, go under, settle, correct, sink, pass up, descend, fall, worsen, crash, decline, wane, slump, turn down

4. go downverb

   be recorded or remembered

   "She will go down as the first feminist"

   Synonyms:
   fall, settle, set, come down, go under, crash, descend, sink, wane, decline

5. go downverb

   be ingested

   "This wine sure goes down well"; "The food wouldn't go down"

   Synonyms:
   fall, settle, set, come down, go under, crash, descend, sink, wane, decline

6. go downverb

   be defeated

   "If America goes down, the free world will go down, too"

   Synonyms:
   fall, settle, set, come down, go under, crash, descend, sink, wane, decline

7. set, go down, go underverb

   disappear beyond the horizon

   "the sun sets early these days"

   Synonyms:
   plant, settle, go under, descend, dress, place, prepare, mark, put, localize, go by, coiffe, fix, sink, fructify, gear up, jell, come down, decline, position, arrange, crash, define, specify, lay, correct, countersink, do, determine, coiffure, wane, lay out, coif, ready, set up, congeal, sic, fall, limit, set, typeset, adjust, rig, pose, localise

8. crash, go downverb

   stop operating

   "My computer crashed last night"; "The system goes down at least once a week"

   Synonyms:
   barge in, come down, set, doss down, go under, settle, gate-crash, break apart, doss, sink, descend, fall, break up, ram, crash, decline, wane, dash

Matched Categories

1. • Astronomy
   • Decrease
   • Descend
   • Fail
   • Lose
   • Move

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1. go down

   Synonyms:
   descend

2. go down

   Synonyms:
   be swallowed

3. go down

   Synonyms:
   (Low.) be received, be admitted, pass current

4. go down

   Synonyms:
   fail, come to nothing, come to nought

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1. Marti Taylor:

   It's a staggering statistic and we hope the number comes down.

2. Anthony Fauci:

   In the United States, even in the most strict lockdowns, only about 50 % of the country locked down -- that allowed for the perpetuation of the outbreak, which we never did get under very good control.

3. Tim Clark:

   That (can) only be done at board level and executed ... at senior level, i believe they still have work to do in Boeing to get themselves sorted out ... There is a top-down culpability and accountability and they need to recognize that.

4. Kim Rhode:

   I did end up getting a first-edition Beatrix Potter in London during the Olympics. Who knows what this one will be ? maybe there's some book down in Rio that I can't live without.

5. El Faro Capt. Michael Davidson:

   How close you come comes down to the experience of the captain, and the crew.