come down

come down
verb
1. move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way (Freq. 14)
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The temperature is going down

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The barometer is falling

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The curtain fell on the diva

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Her hand went up and then fell again

• Syn: ↑descend, ↑fall, ↑go down
• Ant: ↑rise (for: ↑fall), ↑ascend (for: ↑descend)
• See Also: ↑fall in (for: ↑fall)
• Derivationally related forms: ↑fall (for: ↑fall), ↑descendant (for: ↑descend), ↑descendent (for: ↑descend), ↑descent (for: ↑descend)
• Hypernyms: ↑travel, ↑go, ↑move, ↑locomote
• Hyponyms:
↑prolapse, ↑rappel, ↑abseil, ↑rope down, ↑unhorse, ↑dismount, ↑light, ↑get off, ↑get down, ↑avalanche, ↑roll down, ↑dive, ↑plunge, ↑plunk, ↑set, ↑go down, ↑go under, ↑decline, ↑slump, ↑correct, ↑precipitate, ↑sink, ↑subside, ↑crash, ↑flop, ↑tumble, ↑topple, ↑drop, ↑plop, ↑pitch, ↑alight, ↑climb down, ↑settle, ↑pounce, ↑swoop, ↑drip, ↑cascade, ↑cascade down
• Verb Frames:
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Something ——s

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Somebody ——s

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The airplane is sure to come down

2. be the essential element (Freq. 2)
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The proposal boils down to a compromise

• Syn: ↑reduce, ↑boil down
• Derivationally related forms: ↑reducible (for: ↑reduce)
• Hypernyms: ↑become, ↑turn
• Verb Frames:
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Something is ——ing PP

3. fall from clouds (Freq. 1)
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rain, snow and sleet were falling

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Vesuvius precipitated its fiery, destructive rage on Herculaneum

• Syn: ↑precipitate, ↑fall
• Derivationally related forms: ↑precipitation (for: ↑precipitate)
• Hyponyms: ↑rain, ↑rain down, ↑spat, ↑snow, ↑hail, ↑sleet
• Verb Group: ↑fall
• Entailment: ↑condense, ↑distill, ↑distil
• Verb Frames:
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Something ——s

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Somebody ——s something

4. get sick (Freq. 1)
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She fell sick last Friday, and now she is in the hospital

• Syn: ↑sicken
• Hypernyms: ↑worsen, ↑decline
• Hyponyms: ↑wan, ↑contract, ↑take, ↑get, ↑canker
• Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s

5. criticize or reprimand harshly
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The critics came down hard on the new play

• Hypernyms: ↑knock, ↑criticize, ↑criticise, ↑pick apart
• Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s PP


Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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