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came down

came down is the simple past of come down.

Meaning of come down

Verb

come down (third-person singular simple present comes down, present participle coming down, simple past came down, past participle come down)

  1. (intransitive) To descend, fall down, collapse.
    • A tree came down and hit me on the head.
  2. (intransitive) To be demolished.
    • The damage sustained in the fire is so great that the whole building will have to come down.
  3. (intransitive) To decrease.
    • Real estate prices have come down since the peak of the boom.
  4. (intransitive) To reach or release a decision.
    • I can't guess which way the board will come down on the project.
  5. (intransitive) To be passed through time.
    • Much wisdom has come down in the form of proverbs.
  6. (idiomatic, intransitive) To return from an elevated state of consciousness (especially when drug-induced) or emotion.
    • He finally came down from his post-bonus high.

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Questions about came down

What is came down the simple past of?
Came down is the simple past of come down.

Words near came down in the dictionary

  1. came before
  2. came between
  3. came by
  4. came calling
  5. came clean
  6. came down
  7. came down cats and dogs
  8. came down in stair rods
  9. came down on
  10. came down to
  11. came down to earth

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