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• come down from … to … — ˌcome ˈdown (from…) (to…) derived to come from one place to another, usually from the north of a country to the south, or from a larger place to a smaller one Main entry: ↑comederived …   Useful english dictionary

• come down to somebody — ˌcome ˈdown (to sb) derived to have come from a long time in the past • The name has come down from the last century. Main entry: ↑comederived …   Useful english dictionary

• come down to … — ˌcome ˈdown (from…) (to…) derived to come from one place to another, usually from the north of a country to the south, or from a larger place to a smaller one Main entry: ↑comederived …   Useful english dictionary

• come down — v. 1) (BE) (D; intr.) to come down from ( to leave ) (to come down from Oxford) 2) (d; intr.) to come down from ( to originate from ) (this statue has come down to us from the fifteenth century) 3) (d; intr.) to come down on ( to treat ) (the… …   Combinatory dictionary

• come down — UK US come down Phrasal Verb with come({{}}/kʌm/ verb ► [I] if a price or a level comes down, it becomes lower: »We are expecting interest rates to come down. come down by a third/50%/a lot, etc. »Sales went up and costs came down by about a… …   Financial and business terms

• come down — intransitive verb Date: 14th century 1. to lose or fall in estate or condition < has come down in the world > 2. a. to pass by tradition < a story that has come down from medieval times > b. to pass from a usually …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• come-down — a lowering in status, income, influence or energy Her new job was a real come down from her last one so she was not very happy …   Idioms and examples

• come down — {v.} 1. To reduce itself; amount to no more than. Followed by to . * /The quarrel finally came down to a question of which boy would do the dishes./ Syn.: BOIL DOWN(3). 2. To be handed down or passed along, descend from parent to child; pass from …   Dictionary of American idioms

• come down — {v.} 1. To reduce itself; amount to no more than. Followed by to . * /The quarrel finally came down to a question of which boy would do the dishes./ Syn.: BOIL DOWN(3). 2. To be handed down or passed along, descend from parent to child; pass from …   Dictionary of American idioms

• come down — vi came down, coming down: to be announced the decision came down from the Supreme Court Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996. come down …   Law dictionary