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| go down |
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1. sink: to sink beneath the surface of a body of water
  An oil tanker went down off the coast of Alaska.
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2. crash: to fall from the air and crash
The plane went down somewhere in the mountains.
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3. go below horizon: to sink below the horizon
The sun had already gone down by the time we got back.
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4. be received: to be received in a particular way
an idea that didn't go down at all well with the stockholders
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5. comput malfunction: to break down or stop working
Since the airline's computers have gone down, we can't get flight information yet.
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6. be remembered: to be remembered in a particular way
She will surely go down as one of the greatest athletes of all time.
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7. take place: to happen or be happening
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slang
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Hey, what's going down?
When the robbery went down, the cops rushed to the scene.
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8. suffer disgrace: to be disgraced or ruined
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informal
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If he goes down, he'll take the whole department with him.
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9. be eatable or drinkable: to be able to be eaten or drunk, especially easily or enjoyably
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informal
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With sick children, soup tends to go down more easily than solid foods.
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10. U.K. education leave university at end of term: to leave college or a university at the end of term or the end of the academic year
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11. bridge fail to achieve bridge tricks: in the game of bridge, to fail to attain the number of tricks that has been contracted for
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