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go down

(COMPUTER) phrasal verb with go
 
/ɡəʊ/
 
US  /ɡoʊ/ verb (present participle going, past tense went, past participle gone)

Definition

If a computer system goes down, it stops working: The battery should prevent the computer system from going down in the event of a power cut.Computer conceptsNot functioning
(Definition of go down (COMPUTER) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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