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down to

down to preposition: used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see down, to.

Preposition

down to

  1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see down, to.
    • I had to walk down to the ground floor.
    • Go down to the shops.
  2. Ready or willing to (do something specified).
    • Are you down to go to the cinema?
    • Hey, I'm always down to make art together if you want.2025 June 20, Gooseworx, “Untitled” (13:43 from the start), in The Amazing Digital Circus, episode 5, spoken by Zooble (Ashley Nichols)
  3. With no one/nothing remaining but.
    • I'm down to my last few sleeping pills.
  4. Within the responsibility or influence of.
    • What type of person you become is down to you.
    • So I guess the cooking is now down to me.
    Synonyms:
    up to
  5. Due to; because of.
    • The failure was down to total neglect.
    • It's down to me, the way she talks when she's spoken to / Down to me, the change has come, she's under my thumb.1966, The Rolling Stones, Under My Thumb
  6. Including even the smallest parts.
    • We checked everything down to the last/smallest detail.

Examples of down to in a sentence

  • Her hair came down to her waist.
  • The intermittent signal dropout was down to a faulty connection which he'd fixed in seconds.2005, Stel Pavlou, Decipher:
  • That difficulty is down to significant natural variations in average Antarctic stratospheric springtime ozone levels from year to year2011 May 16, James Mitchell Crow, “First signs of ozone-hole recovery spotted”, in Nature:

Synonyms of down to

Questions about down to

What does down to mean?
Down to means used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see down, to.
How do you use down to in a sentence?
Her hair came down to her waist.
What part of speech is down to?
Down to is a preposition.

Words near down to in the dictionary

  1. down the way
  2. down the wind
  3. down there
  4. down time
  5. down times
  6. down to
  7. down to a fine art
  8. down to a science
  9. down to a T
  10. down to earth
  11. down to every move on the board

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