1.
If a price, level, or amount goes down , it becomes lower or less than it was.
Income from sales tax went down...
Crime has gone down 70 percent...
Average life expectancy went down from about 70 to 67.
= fall
PHRASAL VERB : V P , V P amount , V P from/to/by n
2.
If you go down on your knees or on all fours, you lower your body until it is supported by your knees, or by your hands and knees.
I went down on my knees and prayed for guidance.
= get down
PHRASAL VERB : V P on n
3.
In sport, if a person or team goes down , they are defeated in a match or contest.
They went down 2-1 to Australia.
= lose
PHRASAL VERB : V P num , also V P
4.
If you say that a remark, idea, or type of behaviour goes down in a particular way, you mean that it gets a particular kind of reaction from a person or group of people.
Solicitors advised their clients that a tidy look went down well with the magistrates.
PHRASAL VERB : V P adv
5.
When the sun goes down , it goes below the horizon.
...the glow left in the sky after the sun has gone down.
= set
PHRASAL VERB : V P
6.
If a ship goes down , it sinks. If a plane goes down , it crashes out of the sky.
Their aircraft went down during a training exercise.
PHRASAL VERB : V P
7.
If a computer goes down , it stops functioning temporarily.
The main computers went down for 30 minutes.
PHRASAL VERB : V P
8.
To go down means to happen. ( INFORMAL )
‘What’s going down? Any ideas?’
= happen
PHRASAL VERB : V P