go down

Example Sentences

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Geneva Rajpute, who lives on the street where the shooting occurred, said she and neighbors “shouldn’t be afraid to go down the street” but that the shooting has left them shocked.

From Salon • Jul. 9, 2026

Carville, resigned to the idea getting a ticket was out of the question, had taken his family to do "the second-best thing" - "to go down town and soak up some of the atmosphere".

From BBC • Jul. 6, 2026

Journalists love to find surprises and unconventional angles, so I aimed to go down to the fair and find something unexpected.

From Slate • Jul. 1, 2026

The trend is still lower and “my base case is that we’re going to go down before we start to go back up again.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 26, 2026

"Because let's be honest, Private Clown here hasn't got a chance against Nergal. Sik'll go down like the three hundred Spartans."

From "City of the Plague God" by Sarwat Chadda