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come down

/ come down /
verb

Definitions & Examples

verb Sense 1
criticize or reprimand harshly
"The critics came down hard on the new play"
Type of:
knock criticize criticise
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s something with something
verb Sense 2
get sick
"She fell sick last Friday, and now she is in the hospital"
Type of:
worsen decline
Kinds of:
wan contract take get canker
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s something
verb Sense 3
be the essential element
"The proposal boils down to a compromise"
Type of:
become turn
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s something to somebody
verb Sense 4
fall from clouds
"rain, snow and sleet were falling"
"Vesuvius precipitated its fiery, destructive rage on Herculaneum"
Kinds of:
rain rain down spat snow hail
Derived:
precipitation downfall
Verb group:
fall
Entails:
condense distill distil
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
verb Sense 5
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"
Opposites:
rise lift arise move up go up
Type of:
travel go move
Kinds of:
prolapse rappel abseil rope down unhorse
Derived:
fall descent
See also:
collapse fall in cave in give give way
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
Semantic Complexity
53%
Sense Count
5
Total Synonyms
0
Total Relationships
43
Times Searched
5
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knock criticize criticise worsen decline wan contract take get canker become turn