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go down1(Of a ship or aircraft) sink or crash: he saw eleven B-17s go down...- This feature not only made communication between the crew members difficult, but also proved hazardous if the aircraft went down.
- As the task force once again pounded Truk, more Navy aircraft went down.
- It is thought that the aircraft went down in the vicinity of Camden Ray which is west of Kaktovik, Alaska.
Synonyms sink, be submerged, founder, go under 1.1Be defeated in a contest: they went down 2-1...- Walter Mondale had a similar idea, and he went down in a landslide defeat at the hands of the last Republican president to be re-elected.
- Farnworth finally went down to their first defeat of the season on Saturday - beaten by the side that looks set to provide them with the strongest title challenge.
- York Groves restored some pride against local rivals Wetherby Bulldogs albeit in defeat as they went down 20-12.
Synonyms lose, be beaten, be defeated, suffer defeat, be vanquished, collapse, come to grief 2Be recorded or remembered in a particular way: his name will go down in history...- The seven wins, six losses record won't go down as a great tour and there is no doubt Sir Clive will expect a much better return.
- For extremes of temperature and conditions the summer drought of 1976 and the winter freeze of 1978 will go down as two of the worst on record.
- This year will go down as the worst on record for forest fires in Portugal.
Synonyms be remembered, be recorded, be commemorated, be immortalized 3Be swallowed: solids can sometimes go down much easier than liquids...- She didn't want to swallow at first but it went down soon enough along with the third and final pill, this time without a hitch.
- She swallowed her protests, but they burned as they went down, making her want to gag.
- This was one of the hardest lessons in life Matt had ever swallowed, and it wasn't going down easily, it made him sick.
4Elicit a specified reaction: my slide shows went down reasonably well...- It went down reasonably well and people laughed at the appropriate moments thank God.
- Reactions filter through - the show has gone down seriously well, better than we anticipated.
- It is a varied and interesting display of images, which judging by reaction from visitors to date is going down well with them.
Synonyms be successful, be a success, achieve success, triumph, make an impression, have an impact, get an enthusiastic reception informal be a hit, be a winner, be a sell-out, go down a storm, score 5North American informal Happen: you really don’t know what’s going down?...- You saw what went down in the courtroom today, her statement to the judge as well as her statement on the courthouse steps, apparently a vast difference.
- And that was essentially how it went down for forty-five minutes.
- I worry about him everyday since I heard that something went down over at the Prison.
6British informal Leave a university, especially Oxford or Cambridge, after finishing one’s studies.After he went down from Cambridge, RVW retained friendly links with this group. 7British informal Be sent to prison.As to L her explanation was that in the first trial she was more or less told by her father to give evidence for him and she agreed to do so as she thought he would go down without her having to admit that she too had been abused. See parent entry: go |