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Definition of Comedown
1. Noun. Decline to a lower status or level.
Definition of Comedown
1. n. A downfall; an humiliation.
Definition of Comedown
1. Noun. A sudden drop to a lower status, condition or level; a disappointment or letdown ¹
2. Noun. A calm, mellow period experienced after the initial high from taking drugs ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Comedown
1. a drop in status [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Comedown
Literary usage of Comedown
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Life and Works: A Collection of Pamphlets by Joanna Southcott (1813)
"... if thou be the SON of GOD, comedown from the cross. And now I shall shew thee
ho\vI cannot come down from the cross, to clear my honour amongst mankind, ..."
2. The Englishman's Greek Concordance of the New Testament: Being an Attempt at by George V. Wigram (1870)
"3:12. new Jerusalem, which cometh down out of heaven 10: II saw another mighty
angel comedown 12:12. the devil is comedown unto you, ..."
3. A Complete Collection of State Trials and Proceedings for High Treason and ...by Thomas Bayly Howell, William Cobbett by Thomas Bayly Howell, William Cobbett (1816)
"Mrs. Howard (for I put them together) was pleaded to say that she was present at
that trial, and there Du^dale swore that my lord Stafford did comedown in ..."
4. The Englishman's Hebrew and Chaldee Concordance of the Old Testament by George V. Wigram (1866)
"(marg. comedown) 20. the desire of thy soul to come down; 2Sa. 19:20(21 ).
to go down to meet my lord the king. IK. 21:16. Ahab rose up to go down to the ..."
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