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comedown
[ kuhm-doun ]
noun
- an unexpected or humiliating descent from dignity, importance, or wealth.
comedown
/ ˈ°ìÊŒ³¾ËŒ»å²¹ÊŠ²Ô /
noun
- a decline in position, status, or prosperity
- informal.a disappointment
- slang.a depressed or unexcited state
verb
- to come to a place regarded as lower
- to lose status, wealth, etc (esp in the phrase to come down in the world )
- to reach a decision
the report came down in favour of a pay increase
- often foll by to to be handed down or acquired by tradition or inheritance
- to leave college or university
- foll by with to succumb (to illness or disease)
- foll by on to rebuke or criticize harshly
- foll by to to amount in essence (to)
it comes down to two choices
- slang.to lose the effects of a drug and return to a normal or more normal state
- informal.(of a river) to flow in flood
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of comedown1
Example Sentences
Just last month, New Zealand pulled off one of the greatest away triumphs by any team with their 3-0 win in India, only to experience a significant comedown with this slapdash performance.
A key challenge for young stars, according to Prof Oates, is managing the comedown after a long period of fame.
Instead, “The Fire Inside†spends about about half its running time following Claressa and Jason in the brutal comedown following the Olympics, as they struggle to translate that victory into a sustainable income.
"Certainly if you're on a big Saltburn comedown this will give you your next creepy little guy hit, no problem," he wrote.
There’s an irreconcilable gap between the singer during performance and her at home being chased by an angry husband or lovingly tending to her children or drinking the ache of comedown from her tour away.
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