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came down to us

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

Meaning of come down to us

Verb

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

  1. (idiomatic) To survive to the present day; to be extant in some form.
    • It is somewhat remarkable that none of bishop Ridley’s sermons have come down to us.1858, Charles Henry Cooper, Thompson Cooper, Athenae Cantabrigienses, volume 1, page 138

Questions about came down to us

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

Words near came down to us in the dictionary

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

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