go down as/insomething
phrasal verbwithgoverbus/ɡoʊ/present tensegoes|present participlegoing|past tensewentus/went/|past participlegoneus/ɡɔn,ɡɑn/
to berememberedorrecordedin aparticularway:
Hurricane Katrina will go down as one of theworststormsof thiscentury.
He doesn'twantto go down in therecordbooksas theguywhowalkedaway from hismainresponsibility.