Definition of “go down ” - English Dictionary

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• Would you go down to the basement and fetch me a book please?
• The submarine went down all the way to the sea floor.
• The elevator was going down when the fire alarm sounded.
• It's quicker to go down using the escalator.
• That joke went down like a lead balloon.

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• That lift doesn't go down to the basement.
• The steps go all the way down to the bottom.
• The rope goes down to the bottom of the cliff.
• I think the election will go right down to the wire.
• They took the road that went down to the dock.

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• The temperature drops when the sun goes down.
• At what time does the sun go down?
• The sun went down behind the mountains.
• We sat on the beach and watched the sun go down.
• The sun had gone down an hour ago and it was getting cold.

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• The temperature goes down below zero in the winter.
• House prices have gone down over the last twelve months.
• The number of people claiming benefit has gone down.
• The survey shows that average journey times have been going down.
• If levels of support continue to go down, the government will be forced to act.