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go down

verb

Definition of GO DOWN

intransitive verb
1
a :  to go below the horizon :  set <the sun went down>
b :  to fall to or as if to the ground <the plane went down in flames>
c :  to become submerged :  sink <the ship went down with all hands>
2
:  to admit of being swallowed <the medicine went down easily>
3
a :  to find acceptance <will the plan go down with the farmers>
b :  to come to be remembered especially in posterity <will he go down in history as a great president>
4
British :  to leave a university
5
a :  to undergo defeat or failure
b chiefly British :  to become incapacitated <went down with … acute tonsillitis — Helen Cathcart>
6
slang :  to take place :  happen
go down on
:  to perform fellatio or cunnilingus on
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First Known Use of GO DOWN

14th century

Rhymes with GO DOWN

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