Definition of come_down - WordReference.com Dictionary

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come_down
A	verb
	1	sicken, come down
			get sick; "She fell sick last Friday, and now she is in the hospital"
		Category Tree: change ╚change state; turn ╚worsen; decline ╚sicken, come down ╚canker ╚contract; take; get ╚wan
	2	reduce, come down, boil down
			be the essential element; "The proposal boils down to a compromise"
		Category Tree: change ╚transform; transmute; metamorphose ╚become; turn ╚reduce, come down, boil down
	3	come down
			criticize or reprimand harshly; "The critics came down hard on the new play"
		Category Tree: express; verbalize; verbalise; utter; give tongue to ╚state; say; tell ╚note; observe; mention; remark ╚comment; notice; remark; point out ╚knock; criticize; criticise; pick apart ╚come down
	4	descend, fall, go down, come down
			move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way; "The temperature is going down"; "The barometer is falling"; "The curtain fell on the diva"; "Her hand went up and then fell again"
		Category Tree: travel; go; move; locomote ╚descend, fall, go down, come down ╚precipitate ╚decline; slump; correct ╚set; go down; go under ╚dive; plunge; plunk ╚avalanche; roll down ╚unhorse; dismount; light; get off; get down ╚rappel; abseil; rope down ╚prolapse
	5	precipitate, come down, fall
			fall from clouds; "rain, snow and sleet were falling"; "Vesuvius precipitated its fiery, destructive rage on Herculaneum"

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