come down

Verb

• criticize or reprimand harshly
  • The critics came down hard on the new play
    

• get sick
  • She fell sick last Friday, and now she is in the hospital
    

• fall from clouds
  • rain, snow and sleet were falling
    
  • Vesuvius precipitated its fiery, destructive rage on Herculaneum
    

• be the essential element
  • The proposal boils down to a compromise
    

• 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
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  sicken , precipitate , fall , reduce , boil down , descend , go down
• Antonyms: 
  rise , lift , arise , move up , go up , come up , uprise , ascend