going down

Verb

go down (third-person singular simple present goes down, present participle going down, simple past went down, past participle gone down)

1. To descend; to move from a higher place to a lower one.
   • go down to the grave
   1. (intransitive) Synonym of set, to disappear below the horizon.
      • It'll be cooler once the sun goes down.
   2. (intransitive) To decrease; to change from a greater value to a lesser one.
      • The unemployment rate has gone down significantly in recent months.
   3. (intransitive) To fall (down); to fall to the floor.
      • The boxer went down in the second round, after a blow to the chin.
   4. (intransitive) To crash.
      • The plane went down thirty miles from shore.
   5. To sink.
      • SMS Pommern went down with all hands at Jutland.

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