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RELATED WORDS : back down bargain down batten down bear down bear down on bear down upon beat down bed down belt down bid come blow down bog down boil down bolt down bow down bowed down break down bring down broken down brush down buckle down bunk down burn down call down calm down camp down cascade down cast down choke down chop down clamp down clamp down on climb down close down come come about come across come after come again come alive come along come and go come apart come around come at come away come back come back at come before come between come by come clean come close come down on come forth come forward come hell or high water come hither come hither look come home come in come in for come in handy come into come into being come near come of come of age come off come on come out come out of the closet come over come round come short come through come to come to grips come to hand come to life come to light come to mind come to nothing come to pass come to terms come to the fore come together come true come up come up against come up to come upon come what may come with cool down count down crack down crack down on cut down dash down deep down die down doss down down down at the heel down easter down feather down in the mouth down pat down payment down quark down syndrome down the drain down the stairs down town down under drag down dress down dressing down drink down drop down duck down dwindle down ebb down face down fall down fight down flag down flap down flump down flush down freeze down garbage down get down go down go down on goose down grind down gun down hampshire down hand down handed down hands down hanging down have down hold down hoot down hose down hunker down hunkered down hunt down john l. h. down jot down jumping up and down keep down kick down kingdom come kip down knock down knuckle down lay down lay down the law let down letting down lie down live down load down loaded down look down on look down upon low down mark down melt down mow down nail down narrow down pare down peg down pin down pipe down place down plank down play down plonk down plump down plunk down pour down press down press down on pull down push down put down quiet down rain down ram down ratchet down rattle down remain down roll down rope down round down rub down run down sag down scale down send down set down settle down shake down shoot down shout down shower down shut down simmer down sit down sit down strike sit down with sleek down slick down slide down slim down slow down slowing down sluice down split down sponge down stamp down stand down stare down steady down step down stepping down strike down strip down swan's down swill down swoop down upon take down take lying down talk down tamp down tear down tearing down throw down thumbs down tie down time to come to come tone down toned down touch down track down tramp down tread down trim down tune down turn down turn thumbs down turn upside down up and down upside down vote down wash down water down watered down wear down weigh down weighed down weight down weighted down whack down whatever may come whittle down wolf down write down written down

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Verb come down has 5 senses

• come down(v = verb.motion) descend, fall, go down - 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"
is one way to go, locomote, move, travel
Sample sentence:
The airplane is sure to come down

• come down(v = verb.change) boil down, reduce - be the essential element; "The proposal boils down to a compromise"
is one way to become, turn
Sample sentence:
Something is ----ing PP

• come down(v = verb.weather) fall, precipitate - fall from clouds; "rain, snow and sleet were falling"; "Vesuvius precipitated its fiery, destructive rage on Herculaneum"
Sample sentences:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s something

• come down(v = verb.body) sicken - get sick; "She fell sick last Friday, and now she is in the hospital"
is one way to decline, worsen
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s

• come down(v = verb.communication) Array - criticize or reprimand harshly; "The critics came down hard on the new play"
is one way to criticise, criticize, knock, pick apart
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s PP

THESAURUS

come down

alight, be found, be met with, be realized, befall, betide, cascade, cataract, collapse, come, come about, come in, come off, come to pass, come true, crash, crash-land, decline, degenerate, descend, deteriorate, dip down, ditch, down, downwind, drop, drop down, drop off, eventuate, fall, fall down, fall off, go down, go downhill, go off, go to pot, gravitate, hap, happen, have a comedown, hit rock bottom, land, level off, light, lose altitude, occur, overshoot, pancake, parachute, pass, pass off, pitch, plummet, plunge, pounce, pour down, precipitate, rain, reach the depths, settle down, sink, slip, stoop, swoop, take place, talk down, touch bottom, touch down, transpire, trend downward, upwind

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Descent

VB descend, go down, drop down, come down, fall, gravitate, drop, slip, slide, rappel, settle, plunge, plummet, crash, decline, set, sink, droop, come down a peg, slump, dismount, alight, light, get down, swoop, stoop, fall prostrate, precipitate oneself, let fall, tumble, trip, stumble, titubate, lurch, pitch, swag, topple, topple over, tumble over, topple down, tumble down, tilt, sprawl, plump down, come down a cropper.

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