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come down
Become reduced in size or amount, be lowered, as in Interest rates will have to come down before the economy recovers . [Mid-1600s]
Be handed down by inheritance, tradition, or a higher authority. For example, This painting has come down to us from our great-grandparents , or These stories have come down through the generations , or An indictment finally came down . [c. 1400]
Lose wealth or position, as in After the market crashed, the Tates really came down in the world . A 1382 translation of the Bible by followers of John Wycliffe had this term: 鈥淐ome down from glory, sit in thirst鈥 (Jeremiah 48:18).
Also, go down . Happen, occur, as in What's coming down tonight? [ Slang ; 1960s]
Example Sentences
Beyond the work put in, Yoshinobu Yamamoto鈥檚 transformation this season for the Dodgers has, in the view of many around the team, also come down to a few simple things.
Three of the four 亚洲网紅露点 have come down to the final seconds.
In the chapter鈥檚 introduction, she urges coastal skeptics to come down from their high horses and consider what these dishes are actually doing.
In May, Occidental鈥檚 Board of Trustees agreed to consider divestment and the encampment came down, but the board subsequently voted against divestment.
There is the above mentioned Ukraine "peace deal" which comes down to forcing Ukraine to surrender to Vladimir Putin so Trump can do some of his vaunted "deals" with Russia.
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