what does come down mean?
COME DOWN as VERB
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- She fell sick last Friday, and now she is in the hospital
Hypernyms(s) come down is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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- The proposal boils down to a compromise
Hypernyms(s) come down is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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- criticize or reprimand harshly
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- The critics came down hard on the new play
Hypernyms(s) come down is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
- Meaning
- move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way
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- The temperature is going down
- The barometer is falling
- The curtain fell on the diva
- Her hand went up and then fell again
Hypernyms(s) come down is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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- rain, snow and sleet were falling
- Vesuvius precipitated its fiery, destructive rage on Herculaneum
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