come down

Definitions

1. 1

   To descend, fall down, collapse.

   • A tree came down and hit me on the head.
   • After a clap of thunder, down came the rain.
   • Down you come this moment, you rapscallion!
2. 2

   To be demolished.

   • The damage sustained in the fire is so great that the whole building will have to come down.
3. 3

   To decrease.

   • Real estate prices have come down since the peak of the boom.
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   1. 4

      To reach or release a decision.

      • I can't guess which way the board will come down on the project.
      • The decision in Doe v. Smith came down this morning.
   2. 5

      To be passed through time.

      • Much wisdom has come down in the form of proverbs.
   3. 6

      To return from an elevated state of consciousness (especially when drug-induced) or…

      To return from an elevated state of consciousness (especially when drug-induced) or emotion.

      • He finally came down from his post-bonus high.
      • Navarre is in superb control of his prose, distorting it more and more as the poppers mint Luc's mind, clarifying it as he comes down.
      • In the middle of the night, it feels alright / But then tomorrow morning / Ooh, ooh, then you come down
   4. 7

      To rain.

      • It's coming down heavily now.
   5. 8

      To graduate from university, especially an Oxbridge university.

      • Raju had got a job with a law firm in Singapore after coming down from Oxford.
   6. 9

      Shortening of of come down the (pike, line, etc.) To be about to happen

      Shortening of of come down the (pike, line, etc.) To be about to happen; to occur; to transpire.

   7. 10

      To behave in a particular way.

      • He's been coming down angry all day.

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