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Definition of Go down
1. Verb. Move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way. "The airplane is sure to go down "; "Her hand went up and then fell again"
Specialized synonyms: Prolapse, Abseil, Rappel, Rope Down, Dismount, Get Down, Get Off, Light, Unhorse, Avalanche, Roll Down, Dive, Plunge, Plunk, Go Under, Set, Correct, Decline, Slump, Precipitate, Sink, Subside, Crash, Flop, Topple, Tumble, Drop, Plop, Pitch, Alight, Climb Down, Go Under, Settle, Sink, Pounce, Swoop, Drip, Cascade, Cascade Down
Generic synonyms: Go, Locomote, Move, Travel
Antonyms: Ascend, Rise
Derivative terms: Descendant, Descendent, Descent, Fall
Also: Fall In
2. Verb. Go under,. "They go down "; "The raft sank and its occupants drowned"
Generic synonyms: Come Down, Descend, Fall
Specialized synonyms: Settle, Subside, Founder, Submerge, Submerse
Related verbs: Sink
Antonyms: Float
Also: Sink In
Derivative terms: Sinker, Sinking
3. Verb. Grow smaller. "Interest in the project waned"
Generic synonyms: Decrease, Diminish, Fall, Lessen
Specialized synonyms: Dip, Wear On, Drop
Derivative terms: Decline, Wane, Waning
4. Verb. Be recorded or remembered. "She will go down as the first feminist"
5. Verb. Be ingested. "The food wouldn't go down"
6. Verb. Be defeated. "If America goes down, the free world will go down, too"
7. Verb. Disappear beyond the horizon. "The moon will soon go down "; "The sun sets early these days"
Category relationships: Astronomy, Uranology
Generic synonyms: Come Down, Descend, Fall
Antonyms: Rise
8. Verb. Stop operating. "The system goes down at least once a week"
Generic synonyms: Break, Break Down, Conk Out, Die, Fail, Give Out, Give Way, Go, Go Bad
Derivative terms: Crash
Definition of Go down
1. Verb. (transitive) To descend; to move from a higher place to a lower one. ¹
2. Verb. (intransitive) To decrease; to change from a greater value to a lesser one. ¹
3. Verb. (intransitive) To fall (down), fall to the floor. ¹
4. Verb. (context: computing engineering) To stop functioning, to go offline. ¹
5. Verb. (intransitive) To be received or accepted. ¹
6. Verb. (intransitive) To be recorded or remembered (as). ¹
7. Verb. (idiomatic) To perform oral sex. ¹
8. Verb. (slang) To take place, happen. ¹
9. Verb. (intransitive of a heavenly body) To disappear below the horizon of a plane; to set. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com