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coming down to earth

coming down to earth is the present participle and gerund 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 coming down to earth

What is coming down to earth the present participle and gerund of?
Coming down to earth is the present participle and gerund of come down to earth.

Words near coming down to earth in the dictionary

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

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