The Open Dictionary

come down

Related to word: come

Phrasal Verb

Definition (change)

  1. B2

    When a price or level decreases, it becomes less.

    • The price of the product has come down by 25%.

    • As demand decreased, the housing prices began to come down.

    • The ticket prices have come down compared to last year.

Definition (decision)

  1. Verb + adv/prep

    to make a decision to support a certain individual or faction in a disagreement, etc.

    • In the disagreement, she decided to come down on her friend's side.

    • He knows very well which side he will come down on in the debate.

    • They each came down on different sides due to their differing opinions.

Definition (direction)

  1. to travel to a location situated to the south of one's current residence.

    • They will come down south to their vacation home.

    • I plan to come down south to visit him next month.

    • This trip will take us down south to enjoy the sunshine.

Definition (education)

  1. To leave your academic studies, specifically from a university like Oxford or Cambridge, either permanently or temporarily.

    • She will come down from Cambridge University this summer.

    • After finishing his graduate studies, he decided to come down from his studies.

    • They felt a mix of excitement and emotions as they came down from their studies at graduation.

Definition (emotion)

  1. to become calmer after experiencing a high level of excitement

    • He finally came down after the excitement of the party.

    • The athletes came down after the intense competition was over.

    • She came down slowly after all the commotion.

Definition (movement)

  1. B2

    to descend and make contact with the ground

    • The airplane came down safely on the runway.

    • The snow from the mountain finally came down to the lowlands.

    • The children were playing on the swings and then they all came down one by one.

Definition (substance)

  1. When a person no longer feels the effects of a substance they have taken.

    • He drank a lot at the party and is now starting to come down from the intoxication.

    • A few hours after taking the substance, he felt that the effects were coming down.

    • Coming down from the drug left him feeling exhausted.