went down; gone down; going down; goes down
1
2
a
: to drop to a lower level
prices going down
b
: to become smaller
The swelling has gone down.
c
: to become less bright
The lights went down as the movie started.
3
—used to say how easy or hard it is to swallow something
The medicine went down easily.
4
a
: to please or agree with one
—used with with and an adverb
My suggestion didn't go down well with the boss.
b
: to come to be remembered especially in posterity
Will they go down in history as great leaders?
5
British
: to leave a university
6
a
: to lose or fail
went down in the third round
b
chiefly British
: to become incapacitated
… went down with … acute tonsillitis …—
Helen Cathcart
c
of a computer, system, etc.
: to stop working
The network went down this morning.
7
slang
: to take place : happen
Examples of godown in a Sentence
Verb
when's the drug deal supposed to go down?
Recent Examples on the Web
Rafil Kroll-Zaidi, Harper’s Magazine , 7 Dec. 2021
Tegh Singh arrives and unloads his bundles of blossoms in Kapoor’s godown, an open-air stone courtyard that serves as the distillery.
—Rachna Sachasinh, National Geographic , 4 Jan. 2021
From across the Singapore River this trio of former godowns (warehouses) cuts a striking profile.
—Cnt Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, 1 May 2018
ABC News, 7 Dec. 2025
When the cattle supply increases, prices eventually go down and the herds contract again.
—Ryan Baker, CNBC, 7 Dec. 2025
In 2012, State Police went down to Florida again to search Stanger's trailer.
—Erin Moriarty, CBS News, 7 Dec. 2025
The Colts' star QB went down in the second quarter of the matchup with the Jacksonville Jaguars, seemingly to injure the lower part of his leg when planting his foot on a throw.
—Matthew Couden, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Dec. 2025
Is Pondbank a landmark, like those historic houses that go down in history?
—Ray Mark Rinaldi, Denver Post, 7 Dec. 2025
Even before Achane went down with a rib injury in the second quarter, the third-year running back rushed for 92 yards and a touchdown on seven carries.
—Miami Herald, 7 Dec. 2025
The parade route starts at Gladeville Middle School and goes down Stewarts Ferry Pike to McCrary Road and ends at the Glade Church parking lot.
—Andy Humbles, Nashville Tennessean, 5 Dec. 2025
The plane went down just minutes after taking off, the NTSB said.
—Abigail Adams, PEOPLE, 5 Dec. 2025
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Noun
Everything surfeit went to the property’s godown.
—Verb
Of course, the egg prices have gone down a little bit.
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“Godown.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/godown. Accessed 8 Dec. 2025.
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