English
Verb
go down see go for conjugation; see down for other possible meanings
- intransitive To descend; to move from a higher place to a lower one.
#: You'll need to go down two floors to get to that office.
- intransitive To decrease; to change from a greater value to a lesser one.
#: The unemployment rate has gone down significantly in recent months.
- context|computing|engineering To stop functioning, to go offline.
#: Did the server just go down again? We'll have to reboot it.
- idiom To perform oral sex.
#: Some people just don't like to go down.
- slang To take place, happen.
#: A big heist went down yesterday by the docks.
Usage notes
As down may be used as a preposition or adverb in its own right, the combination go down may also occur in cases where go is used literally. For example, down the street means "away from the speaker along the street in question" regardless of whether go is present:
She lives down the street.
Go down the street to get to her house.
Idioms such as these are properly considered senses of down.
Translations
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French: descendre (1)
Italian: scendere (1)
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Portuguese: descer
Sicilian: scinniri (1)
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Related terms
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