go down
[verb]
Synonyms: fall, drop, keel (over), pitch, plunge, slump, topple, tumble, set, decline, dip, sink, founder, go under, submerge, submerse, submit, succumb, surrender, happen, befall, betide, chance, come, come off, develop, do, fall out, go

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Related Words: droop, sag, sink, cave (in), collapse, crumple, fold

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English Thesaurus: decrease, go down, decline, diminish, fall/drop, ...

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

go down phrasal verb (see also go)

1. GET LOWER to become lower in level, amount etc:
His income went down last year.
Computers have gone down in price.
go down by 10%/250/$900 etc
Spending has gone down by 2%.

2. STANDARD if something goes down, its quality or standard gets worse:
This neighbourhood has really gone down in the last few years.

3. go down well/badly/a treat etc
a) to get a particular reaction from someone:
His suggestion did not go down very well.
The movie went down very well in America.
The speech went down a treat with members (=members liked it very much).
The idea went down like a lead balloon (=was not popular or successful).
b) if food or drink goes down well, you enjoy it:
I’m not that hungry so a salad would go down nicely.

4. GO FROM ONE PLACE TO ANOTHER to go from one place to another, especially to a place that is further south
go down to
We’re going down to Bournemouth for the weekend.
He’s gone down to the store to get some milk.

5. go down the shops/club/park etc British English spoken informal to go to the shops, a club etc:
Does anyone want to go down the pub tonight?

6. SHIP if a ship goes down, it sinks:
Ten men died when the ship went down.

7. PLANE if a plane goes down, it suddenly falls to the ground:
An emergency call was received shortly before the plane went down.

8. BECOME LESS SWOLLEN to become less swollen:
The swelling will go down if you rest your foot.

9. LOSE AIR if something that is filled with air goes down, air comes out and it becomes smaller and softer:
Your tyre’s gone down.

10. BE REMEMBERED [always + adverb/preposition] to be recorded or remembered in a particular way
go down as
The talks went down as a landmark in the peace process.
The carnival will go down in history (=be remembered for many years) as one of the best ever.

11. COMPETITION/SPORT
a) to lose a game, competition, or election:
The Hawkers went down 5–9.
go down by
The government went down by 71 votes.
go down to
Liverpool went down to Juventus.
b) to move down to a lower position in an official list of teams or players
go down to
United went down to the second division.

12. COMPUTER if a computer goes down, it stops working for a short time:
If one of the file servers goes down, you lose the whole network.

13. LIGHTS if lights go down, they become less bright:
The lights went down and the curtain rose on an empty stage.

14. SUN when the sun goes down, it appears to move down until you cannot see it any more

15. WIND if the wind goes down, it becomes less strong:
The wind had gone down but the night had turned chilly.

16. PRISON informal to be sent to prison:
He went down for five years.

17. HAPPEN spoken informal to happen:
the type of guy who knows what’s going down
What’s going down?

18. LEAVE UNIVERSITY British English formal old-fashioned to leave Oxford or Cambridge University at the end of a period of study

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

decrease to become less in number or amount:
The average rainfall has decreased by around 30 percent.
go down to decrease. Go down is less formal than decrease and is the usual word to use in conversation:
Unemployment has gone down in the past few months.
decline formal to decrease – used with numbers or amounts, or about the level or standard of something:
The standard of living has declined.
Support for the government is steadily declining.
Salaries have declined by around 4.5%.
diminish to become smaller or less important:
Union membership diminished from 30,000 at its height to just 2,000 today.
fall/drop to decrease, especially by a large amount. Fall and drop are less formal than decrease:
The number of tigers in the wild has fallen to just over 10,000.
At night, the temperature drops to minus 20 degrees.
plunge /plʌndʒ/
plummet /ˈplʌmət, ˈplʌmɪt/ to suddenly decrease very quickly and by a very large amount:
Share prices have plummeted 29% in the last four months.
Climate change could cause global temperatures to plummet.
slide if a price or value slides, it gradually decreases in a way that causes problems – used especially in news reports:
The dollar fell in late trading in New York yesterday and slid further this morning.
dwindle /ˈdwɪndl/ to gradually decrease until there is very little left of something, especially numbers or amounts, popularity, or importance:
Support for the theory is dwindling.
taper off /ˈteɪpə $ -ər/ if a number or the amount of an activity that is happening tapers off, it gradually decreases, especially so that it stops completely:
Political violence tapered off after the elections.
reduction used when the price, amount, or level of something is made lower:
There will be further price reductions in the sales.
A small reduction in costs can mean a large increase in profits.
cut used when a government or company reduces the price, amount, or level of something:
a 1% cut in interest rates
tax cuts
It is possible that there will be further job cuts.
drop/fall used when the number, amount, or level of something goes down, especially by a large amount:
The figures showed a sharp fall in industrial output.
There was a dramatic drop in temperature.

[TahlilGaran] English Thesaurus ▲

deteriorate to become worse:
Air quality is rapidly deteriorating in our cities.
Living conditions here have deteriorated in the past few years.
get worse to become worse. Get worse is less formal and more common than deteriorate in everyday English:
My eyesight seems to be getting worse.
He’s never been well-behaved, but he’s getting even worse.
go down to become gradually worse – used especially about the standard of something:
The hotel’s gone down since its management changed.
Nick’s teachers say that his work has gone down recently.
go downhill to become much worse and be in a very bad condition, especially after a particular time or event:
During the recession the business began to go downhill.
Her health went downhill rapidly after Christmas.
decline especially written to become gradually worse – used especially about standards of living, education, health etc:
After the war, the standard of living declined.
Over the years, the standard of public transport has declined.
degenerate formal to become worse, or to become something bad instead of something good:
Relations between the two countries have degenerated.
The debate degenerated into an argument between the two sides.
escalate to become much worse very quickly – used especially about fighting, violence, or a bad situation:
Further violence could escalate into a full-scale armed conflict.
The political crisis escalated.
spiral out of control to become worse in a way that cannot be controlled and is extremely serious and worrying:
Police say that the violence has spiralled out of control.
Scientists are worried that global warming could soon spiral out of control.
Costs have been spiralling out of control.

[TahlilGaran] English Thesaurus ▲

go down
v. phr.
1. To deteriorate in quality.
This hotel, which used to be one of the best, has gone down during the past few years.
2. To become lower in price.
It is said that the price of milk is expected to go down soon.
3. To sink.
The Titanic went down with a lot of people aboard.

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