go_down has definitions from the field of computer science
1
[ verb ] move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way

Examples

"The temperature is going down" "The barometer is falling" "The curtain fell on the diva" "Her hand went up and then fell again"

Used in print

(W. E. B. DuBois, Worlds of Color....)

Then they went_down to Black_Bottom .

(David Stacton, The Judges of the Secret Court....)

When the knife went_into his chest , he went_down at_once .

(Glayds H. Barr, The Master of Geneva....)

Then he slipped and went_down on his hands and knees in the melting snow .

(Bruce Palmer, "My Brother's Keeper", Many Are...)

Despite his yearning , the colonel would not go_down to see the men come_through the lines .

(Richard Ferber, Bitter Valley....)

He grabbed her by the shoulders and went_down on one knee , taking her weight so that some of the wind was driven out of him .

2
[ verb ] go under, "The raft sank and its occupants drowned"

Synonyms

settle sink go_under

Used in print

(Christopher Davis, First Family....)

He rose late and went_down in his bathrobe and slippers to have breakfast either alone or with Rachel .

3
[ verb ] grow smaller

Synonyms

wane decline

Examples

"Interest in the project waned"

Used in print

(The Times-Picayune, [New Orleans]...)

writes : Does the cholesterol go_down when most of the thyroid_gland is removed ?

(Richard Ferber, Bitter Valley....)

The fire had gone_down , and the man was only a shadow against the trees .

Related terms

decrease drop wear_on dip ebb

4
[ verb ] be recorded or remembered

Examples

"She will go down as the first feminist"

Used in print

He believes that greatness is a marriage between the man and the times as was aptly represented by Churchill , who would very possibly have gone_down in history as a political failure if it had not been for Hitler 's war .

(87th Congress, 1st Session. House Document No. 247....)

And Sam_Rayburn is a great man - one who will go_down in American history as a truly great leader of the Nation .

5
[ verb ] be ingested

Examples

"This wine sure goes down well" "The food wouldn't go down"

6
[ verb ] be defeated

Examples

"If America goes down, the free world will go down, too"

Used in print

(Dell Shannon, The Ace of Spades....)

Angie worth his weight in gold right now , but these users , they sometimes went_down fast .

Related terms

lose

7
[ verb ] disappear beyond the horizon; of celestial bodies such as the sun and the moon

Synonyms

set go_under

Related terms

rise descend astronomy

8
[ verb ] (computer science) stop operating

Synonyms

crash

Examples

"My computer crashed last night" "The system goes down at least once a week"

Related terms

fail crash

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