go down
phrasal verbwithgoverbuk/ɡəʊ/us/ɡoʊ/present participlegoing|past tensewent|past participlegone
(GO DOWN)
(UKalsogo downsomething)
tomovedown to alowerlevelorplace:
He went down on hiskneesandbeggedforforgiveness.
He first went down themineswhen he was 17.
Theplanewent down(=fellto thegroundbecause of anaccident,bomb, etc.)tenminutesaftertake-off.
Everyone took to thelifeboatswhen theshipstartedto go down(=sink).
Could I have aglassofwatertohelpthesepillsgo down(= tohelpmeswallowthem)?
- Would you go down to thebasementandfetchme abookplease?
- Thesubmarinewent down all the way to theseafloor.
- Theelevatorwas going down when thefirealarmsounded.
- It'squickerto go down using theescalator.
- Thatjokewent down like aleadballoon.
Raising and lowering
- depress
- elevate
- elevated
- erect
- hike
- hikesomethingup
- hoick
- hoist
- jack
- jacksomethingup
- prise
- prize
- pry
- putsomethingup
- raise
- re-erect
- ride
- ride up
- run
- yo-yo
(REACH)
toreachor go asfaras:
Itsrootscan go down threemetres.
Thispathgoes downtotheriver.
Go down to(=readasfaras)thebottomof thepage.
- Thatliftdoesn't go down to thebasement.
- Thestepsgo all the way down to thebottom.
- Theropegoes down to thebottomof thecliff.
- Ithinktheelectionwill gorightdown to thewire.
- They took theroadthat went down to thedock.
Arriving, entering and invading
- annex
- annexation
- be on the sceneidiom
- been
- break
- breaksomeonein
- hit
- interloper
- intrude
- intrusion
- invade
- jump
- jump the queueidiom
- roll up!idiom
- scene
- set foot insomewhereidiom
- show up
- trespass
- turn
- turn out
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