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Definition of Come down

1. Verb. Move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way. "The airplane is sure to come down "; "Her hand went up and then fell again"

2. Verb. Be the essential element. "The proposal boils down to a compromise"

3. Verb. Fall from clouds. "Vesuvius precipitated its fiery, destructive rage on Herculaneum"

4. Verb. Get sick. "She fell sick last Friday, and now she is in the hospital"

5. Verb. Criticize or reprimand harshly. "The critics came down hard on the new play"

Definition of Come down

1. Verb. To descend, fall. ¹

2. Verb. To decrease. ¹

3. Verb. To reach a decision. ¹

4. Verb. To be passed through time. ¹

5. Verb. (idiomatic) To return from an elevated state of consciousness or emotion. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Come Down

come again come alive come along come and go come apart come around come away come back come before come between

come by come clean come close come down (current term) come down on come down the pike come down to come down to us come down with come for

come forth come forward come from come from behind come full circle come hell or high water come hither come home

Literary usage of Come down

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann, Edward Aloysius Pace, Condé Bénoist Pallen, Thomas Joseph Shahan, John Joseph Wynne (1913)
"What has come down is in the form of fragments preserved principally by late ... So it is apparent that the views put forth by Berosus come down in a very ..."

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