go down

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Iranian and American forces raced each other Saturday to recover a crew member of the first US fighter jet to go down inside Iran since the start of the war.

From Barron's • Apr. 4, 2026

Chad Seaman, a researcher at Akamai, joked at one point that the internet could go down if Brundage spent too much time on his exams.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

You thought you would go down in U.S. history as a domestic Patton, a borderlands Sherman.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 27, 2026

Or, to put it another way, that if the stock and bond markets go down, your income would have to go down with it.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 26, 2026

“Mama,” I said in desperation, “you can’t make me go to my room now. I have to go down in the bottoms tonight and dig a hole.”

From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls