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 ~ 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