goes 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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goes down

"As the water goes down, the skeletons come up."

From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2026

Her practice doesn’t stop when the sun goes down.

From Salon ● Aug. 18, 2026

Keep reading: When a World Cup team loses, its country’s stock market also goes down.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 17, 2026

Bitcoin is down 3% this morning, while ethereum sinks 3.6% and XRP goes down 3.1%.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 1, 2026

The video starts in 1980 and then, like a horrific, crazy race, the dates go up and the green on the map goes down.

From "Paradise on Fire" by Jewell Parker Rhodes