1. come down, descend, fall, go down

move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way

Example Sentences:
'The temperature is going down'
'The barometer is falling'
'The curtain fell on the diva'
'Her hand went up and then fell again'

• come down
• descend
• fall

• break
• cave in
• collapse
• fall in
• founder
• give
• give way

2. go down, go under, settle, sink

go under,

Example Sentences:
'The raft sank and its occupants drowned'

• go under
• settle
• sink

• filter
• percolate
• permeate
• sink in

3. decline, go down, wane

grow smaller

Example Sentences:
'Interest in the project waned'

• decline
• wane

4. go down

be recorded or remembered

Example Sentences:
'She will go down as the first feminist'

5. go down

be ingested

Example Sentences:
'This wine sure goes down well'
'The food wouldn't go down'

6. go down

be defeated

Example Sentences:
'If America goes down, the free world will go down, too'

7. go down, go under, set

disappear beyond the horizon

Example Sentences:
'the sun sets early these days'

• go under
• set

8. crash, go down

stop operating

Example Sentences:
'My computer crashed last night'
'The system goes down at least once a week'

• crash