go down

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Definition
  1. Intransitive Verb:
    • To move from a higher to a lower position; to descend: The primary meaning is to move downwards.
    • To decrease in level, amount, or intensity: To become less or lower.
    • To set below the horizon (of a celestial body): To disappear from view as it moves lower in the sky.
    • To be swallowed or ingested: To pass from the mouth into the stomach.
    • To be defeated or to fail: To lose a contest or cease functioning.
    • To be recorded or remembered in a particular way: To be entered into records or history with a specific reputation.
Usage Examples
  • Intransitive Verb:
    • The elevator will go down to the basement. (It will descend to the lower level.)
    • Prices are expected to go down next month. (They are expected to decrease.)
    • We watched the sun go down over the ocean. (We watched it set.)
    • This medicine is bitter but it goes down quickly with water. (It is swallowed.)
    • Our team went down in the final match. (Our team was defeated.)
    • She will go down in history as a great leader. (She will be remembered that way.)
Advanced Usage
  • "go down well/badly (with someone)": To be received favorably or unfavorably by an audience or group.
    • His proposal did not go down well with the committee. (It was not received favorably.)
  • "go down with (an illness)": To become ill with a specific sickness.
    • Half the office went down with the flu. (They became sick with the flu.)
  • "go down fighting": To continue resisting or competing until the very end, even in defeat.
    • The team went down fighting, losing by only one point. (They competed fiercely until the end.)
Variants and Related Words
  • Downgoing (n, rare): The act of going down.
  • Downgrade (v): To reduce to a lower rank or level. (This is a related but distinct word.)
  • Descent (n): The act of moving downward. (A synonym for the of going down.)
Synonyms
  • Descend: To move or fall downward.
  • Decrease: To become smaller or fewer.
  • Set: To disappear below the horizon (for the sun/moon).
  • Sink: To descend, especially below a surface or to a lower level.
  • Fail: To be unsuccessful.
  • Be recorded: To be written down or registered.
Related Phrasal Verbs
  • Go down as: To be remembered or recorded in a specific manner.
    • He will go down as one of the finest athletes of his generation.
  • Go down on (someone) (slang): To perform oral sex. (This is an idiomatic, slang usage.)
Related Idioms
  • Go down the drain: To be wasted or lost.
    • All our hard work went down the drain when the project was canceled.
  • Go down a storm: To be extremely successful and popular.
    • Her speech went down a storm with the audience.
  • What goes up must come down: A proverb meaning that things that rise or become successful will eventually fall or decline.
Verb
  1. stop operating
    • My computer crashed last night
    • The system goes down at least once a week
  2. disappear beyond the horizon
    • the sun sets early these days
  3. be defeated
    • If America goes down, the free world will go down, too
  4. be ingested
    • This wine sure goes down well
    • The food wouldn't go down
  5. be recorded or remembered
    • She will go down as the first feminist
  6. grow smaller
    • Interest in the project waned
  7. go under, "The raft sank and its occupants drowned"
  8. 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

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