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go down

verb

also preposition to move or lead to or as if to a lower place or level; sink, decline, decrease, etc
prices are going down
the path goes down to the sea
the ship went down this morning
to be defeated; lose
to be remembered or recorded (esp in the phrase go down in history )
to be received
his speech went down well
(of food) to be swallowed
bridge to fail to make the number of tricks previously contracted for
to leave a college or university at the end of a term or the academic year
usually foll by with to fall ill; be infected
(of a celestial body) to sink or set
the sun went down before we arrived
slang.
to go to prison, esp for a specified period
he went down for six months
slang.
to happen
go down on slang.
to perform cunnilingus or fellatio on

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"Dignified grief goes down very well with the voters, especially when it is shared by the world's statesmen," he told his aides.

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And efforts to go down that futile path only lead to ever more draconian censorship, such as telling queer teachers to hide their spouses, while allowing straight teachers freedom to talk about theirs.

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With that, the kids scatter to their places, the house lights go down, the stage lights come up and the show begins.

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Well it worked for Kompany, who was hired as Bayern Munich manager at the end of the season, but not for the Clarets who went down.

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If Trump keeps going down that path, the consequences will be profound.

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