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Grammar : Verb
Spell : goh
Phonetic Transcription : goʊ



Definition of go down

Origin :
  • 1727, "action of going," from go (v.). The sense of "a try or turn at something" is from 1825; meaning "something that goes, a success" is from 1876. Phrase on the go "in constant motion" is from 1843.
  • verb lose, fall
Example sentences :
  • Methought anon you saw me go down with three pikes in my breast.
  • Extract from : « The Armourer's Prentices » by Charlotte M. Yonge
  • Then go down and leave it where you found it, and I will let you come up.
  • Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger
  • He accepted Percival's invitation that afternoon to go down into the Street with him.
  • Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
  • "I'd like to see my old mother before I go down," said the first.
  • Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger
  • Let us go down to the shore, and see if we can see anything of the ship.
  • Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger
  • I dread to go down, said she, with so determined an answer: they will have no patience with me.
  • Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 1 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson
  • Will you go down, and humble that stubborn spirit of yours to your mamma?
  • Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 1 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson
  • Let you go down now to the spring well and give him this and he passing.
  • Extract from : « Riders to the Sea » by J. M. Synge
  • He must either be strong and rule; or he must be weak and go down.
  • Extract from : « The Conquest of Fear » by Basil King
  • I will go down by the mail train to-night; I cannot rest until he is found.
  • Extract from : « Life in London » by Edwin Hodder

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