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"


2. Verb. Go under,. "They go down "; "The raft sank and its occupants drowned"
Exact synonyms: Go Under, Settle, Sink
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"
Exact synonyms: Decline, Wane
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"
Generic synonyms: Lose

7. Verb. Disappear beyond the horizon. "The moon will soon go down "; "The sun sets early these days"
Exact synonyms: Go Under, Set
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"
Exact synonyms: Crash
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

Lexicographical Neighbors of Go Down

go bankrupt
go begging
go belly-up
go blue
go board
go bonkers
go by
go by the board
go by the wayside
go chase yourself
go commando
go crazy
go deep
go down like a lead balloon
go down that road
go down the pan
go down the road
go down the toilet
go down the tubes
go down the wrong way
go downhill
go far
go faster stripes
go fever
go fevers
go figure

Literary usage of Go down

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

1. Pilgrim's Progress by John Bunyan, Izaak Walton (1909)
"So they went on together, reiterating their former discourses, till they came to go down the Hill. Then said Christian, As it was difficult coming up, ..."

2. The Rebellion Record: A Diary of American Events, with Documents, Narratives by Frank Moore, Edward Everett (1863)
"Now we are in Camp Chase, and that is just the place, For the soldier boys to go and get a training, So that when we go down there, where the seceders are, ..."

3. American Ballads and Songs by Louise Pound (1922)
"The grease ran out and the dirt sucked in. The old book lies on the shelf. If you want any more you can sing it yourself. 119 WE'LL ALL go down TO ..."

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