COME DOWN Definition & Meaning

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Become reduced in size or amount, be lowered, as in Interest rates will have to come down before the economy recovers . [Mid-1600s]
Be handed down by inheritance, tradition, or a higher authority. For example, This painting has come down to us from our great-grandparents , or These stories have come down through the generations , or An indictment finally came down . [c. 1400]
Lose wealth or position, as in After the market crashed, the Tates really came down in the world . A 1382 translation of the Bible by followers of John Wycliffe had this term: “Come down from glory, sit in thirst” (Jeremiah 48:18).
Also, go down . Happen, occur, as in What's coming down tonight? [ Slang ; 1960s]

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The feeling at this stage is California would be a more attractive proposition, if it came down to a choice between the two.

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Kilmer's family told US media that he died after coming down with a pneumonia.

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Then this guy Ron Handler from DreamWorks somehow heard about Warner Bros. passing and was like, “I want to come down to the studio and hear what you guys are doing.”

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Since the cuts came down, Sullivan said the organization has had to lay off about 40% of its staff.

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"If they came down to see them working and see what they do. They are paying back to the community for the crimes they have committed," he said.

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