Synonyms for come down
come down

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1. descend, fall, go down, come downverb

   move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way

   "The temperature is going down"; "The barometer is falling"; "The curtain fell on the diva"; "Her hand went up and then fell again"

   Synonyms:
   crash, boil down, shine, go down, light, accrue, diminish, set, strike, devolve, sicken, flow, precipitate, settle, go under, reduce, condescend, lessen, sink, deign, pass, descend, come, fall, return, decrease, derive, decline, wane, hang, fall down

2. reduce, come down, boil downverb

   be the essential element

   "The proposal boils down to a compromise"

   Synonyms:
   bring down, decoct, slim down, quash, boil down, foreshorten, trim down, slim, go down, cut, precipitate, trim back, descend, trim, slenderize, cut back, cut down, subjugate, thin out, shrink, sicken, fall, abridge, contract, melt off, subdue, scale down, concentrate, deoxidize, shorten, dilute, thin, reduce, deoxidise, abbreviate, keep down, lose weight, repress, tighten

3. precipitate, come down, fallverb

   fall from clouds

   "rain, snow and sleet were falling"; "Vesuvius precipitated its fiery, destructive rage on Herculaneum"

   Synonyms:
   shine, go down, accrue, strike, diminish, sicken, flow, precipitate, settle, reduce, light, lessen, devolve, pass, descend, come, fall, return, boil down, hang, decrease, fall down

4. sicken, come downverb

   get sick

   "She fell sick last Friday, and now she is in the hospital"

   Synonyms:
   fall, churn up, descend, turn one's stomach, go down, sicken, nauseate, precipitate, disgust, reduce, revolt, boil down

5. come downverb

   criticize or reprimand harshly

   "The critics came down hard on the new play"

   Synonyms:
   fall, descend, sicken, precipitate, reduce, go down, boil down

Matched Categories

1. • Become
   • Criticize
   • Move
   • Worsen

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1. come down

   Synonyms:
   descend, alight

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1. Carly Fiorina:

   Throughout the millennia and in every religion in the world, marriage has a very specific meaning. Marriage is an institution, grounded in spirituality. It is the union of a man and a woman, and from that union comes life, and life is a gift from God, now that this decision has come down, I think we need to focus all of our energies on ensuring that we protect the religious liberties and the freedom of conscience of those who profoundly disagree with this decision.

2. Anonymous:

   What goes up must come down. Ask any system administrator.

3. Lynton Crosby:

   All the signs of ORB’s latest and final poll point to a referendum that will truly come down to the wire.

4. Larry Ragonese:

   There were no arrests but we just had to ward off some people. Everyone with a cell phone camera wanted to come down to see the snowy owls.

5. Katie Hill:

   You can tell people when you're knocking on those doors that this election could come down to a few hundred votes, so their vote really will matter more in this election than probably any election that they'll ever vote in - and that there's no path to flipping the House and holding Donald Trump accountable or making any real progress across the country if we don't flip this seat.