go·down
| \ ˈgō-ˌdau̇n
\
: a warehouse in a country of southern or eastern Asia
went down;
gone down;
going down;
goes down
intransitive verb
1a
: 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
3a
: 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
5a
: 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
usually vulgar
: to perform fellatio or cunnilingus on
