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came down to earth

came down to earth is the simple past of come down to earth.

Meaning of come down to earth

Verb

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

  1. (idiomatic, person, thing) To be brought back to reality; to emerge from a daydream.
    • So many good things have been happening for me, and I've just been such a happy man. I've wanted to write earlier but couldn't come down to earth long enough.1981-1982, Lou Sullivan, personal diary, quoted in 2019, Ellis Martin, Zach Ozma (editors), We Both Laughed In Pleasure

Questions about came down to earth

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

Words near came down to earth in the dictionary

  1. came down
  2. came down cats and dogs
  3. came down in stair rods
  4. came down on
  5. came down to
  6. came down to earth
  7. came down to us
  8. came down upon
  9. came down with
  10. came down with one's dust
  11. came down with the dust

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