GO DOWN Definition & Meaning

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go down

verb

also preposition to move or lead to or as if to a lower place or level; sink, decline, decrease, etc
prices are going down
the path goes down to the sea
the ship went down this morning
to be defeated; lose
to be remembered or recorded (esp in the phrase go down in history )
to be received
his speech went down well
(of food) to be swallowed
bridge to fail to make the number of tricks previously contracted for
to leave a college or university at the end of a term or the academic year
usually foll by with to fall ill; be infected
(of a celestial body) to sink or set
the sun went down before we arrived
slang.
to go to prison, esp for a specified period
he went down for six months
slang.
to happen
go down on slang.
to perform cunnilingus or fellatio on

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A decline of 20% from a peak is considered a "bear market" - a description of a market that appears to be more likely to go down than go up.

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Experts and regulators are at pains to point out that investments can go down as well as up, and urge people not to put everything into one investment, but to diversify.

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Trump himself said April 2 will go down “as the most important day in modern American history.”

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“I’ve seen the daily magic that goes down at a place like this,” said Julian Samuels, a longtime volunteer at Black Image Center, who called its offerings “really rare in L.A.”

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It’s so ingrained in the public psyche — everyone is always talking about “I’m going down the rabbit hole” or “red pill, blue pill.”

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