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go down

• (of a ship or aircraft) sink or crash.
• "he saw eleven B-17s go down"
Similar: sink, be submerged, founder, go under,
• be recorded or remembered in a particular way.
• "his name will go down in history"
Similar: be remembered, be recorded, be commemorated, be immortalized,
• be swallowed.
• "solids can sometimes go down much easier than liquids"
• elicit a specified reaction.
• "my slide shows went down reasonably well"
Similar: be successful, be a success, achieve success, triumph, make an impression, have an impact, get an enthusiastic reception, be a hit, be a winner, be a sell-out, go down a storm, score,
• get worse in quality.
• "the neighbourhood has gone down a lot recently"
• happen.
• "you really don't know what's going down?"
• leave a university, especially Oxford or Cambridge, after finishing one's studies.
• "Dobbins went down last spring"
• be sent to prison.
• "he went down for three years"


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