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go down

VERB
lose, fall
Synonyms
STRONGEST
collapse crumple decline decrease descend drop pitch plunge reduce sink slump tumble
WEAK
be beaten be defeated cave in droop fold founder go under keel lessen make less sag set submerge submerse submit succumb suffer defeat topple
Antonyms
STRONGEST
ascend expand go up grow increase raise rise strengthen
WEAK
gain

Example Sentences

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Her salary has gone down a bit in the past few years and she’s concerned about heightened geopolitical tensions around the world.

From The Wall Street Journal

"Immediately they gave her the drip, the little girl started going down immediately. She said: 'Daddy, I cannot speak,'" Nwangene recalled.

From BBC

"So, I think it's between Forest, Palace and West Ham. It is going to be so tight. I really think its going to go down to the wire."

From BBC

I am not going down that route about the manager.

From BBC

Granit: The first thing I said to the club was: 'I'm not coming here to play in the Premier League for one year and to go down, because I'm leaving a Champions League club.

From BBC

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.