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go down

Phrasal Verb with go
 
 
/gəʊ/ verb [I] (present participle going, past tense went, past participle gone)

Definition

BECOME LESS to become lower in level: Interest rates are going down at the moment.
SUN When the sun goes down, it moves down in the sky until it cannot be seen any more.
COMPUTER If a computer goes down, it stops working.
REMEMBER to be considered or remembered in a particular way: This will go down as one of the most exciting soccer matches ever played.UK I don't think my plan will go down well at all.
(Definition of go down from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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