come down

Example Sentences

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What goes up must come down — including the rate of inflation.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 10, 2026

While growth is unlikely to match the extraordinary pace of the past decade, expectations have already come down significantly.

From Barron's • Jun. 10, 2026

But their advantage in the series doesn’t all come down to their nerves of steel when the clock winds down.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 7, 2026

"People then could walk from the car, any time, up the mountain and come down," he said.

From BBC • Jun. 6, 2026

“Oh, Grandpa,” I said, “don’t do that. Don’t ever throw anything at those monkeys. They’ll come down from the tree and jump on us, and eat us up.”

From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls