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go down

verb

Meaning

  • To descend; to move from a higher place to a lower one.

    "You'll need to go down two floors to get to that office."

  • To be received or accepted.

    "The news didn't go down well with her parents."

  • To be blamed for something; to be the scapegoat; to go to prison.

    "Rodney's not here; after the shootout, he went down and won't be back for at least a year."

  • To be recorded or remembered (as).

    "Today will go down as a monumental failure."

  • To take place, happen.

    "A big heist went down yesterday by the docks."

  • (with on) To perform oral sex.

    "He felt nervous about going down on his girlfriend for the first time."

  • To stop functioning, to go offline.

    "Did the server just go down again? We'll have to reboot it."

  • To fail