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[ adverb ] on a floor below
Synonyms Examples "the tenants live downstairs" Used in print (Christopher Davis, First Family....)After a pause , during which he studied Scotty 's face as if Scotty were not there and could not study him too , Mr._McKinley would ask the same questions he had asked downstairs . (W. H. Gass, "The Pedersen Kid," in The...)I heard Pa cursing all_the_way downstairs . (Sallie Bingham, "Moving Day," The Atlantic...)Going downstairs with the tray , Winston wished he could have given_in to Miss_Ada , but he knew better than to do what she said when she had that little girl look . (Hampton Stone, The Man Who Looked Death...)The meat wagon , therefore , was not out in_front of the house any_more , but the cluster of squad_cars was still there and there was a cop on the door downstairs to screen any comings and goings . (Robert Heinlein, Stranger in a Strange Land....)They went downstairs , loaded a tray lavishly . Related terms |
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[ adjective ] on or of lower floors of a building
Synonyms Examples "the downstairs (or downstair) phone" Related terms |
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