(intransitive) To decelerate. / (transitive) To reduce the velocity, speed, or tempo of something.

(idiomatic) To resign from office; to abdicate. / To gradually reduce something, a little at a time, as an electronic step down transformer.

plural of down payment

(idiomatic) In Australia. / (idiomatic) Into Australia; to Australia. / (euphemistic, rare) Hell; in Hell.

(law, finance) A payment representing a fraction of the price of something being purchased, made to secure the right to continue making payments towards that purchase.

(transitive) To repress. / (transitive) To restrain or control (a sound). / (transitive) To cause not to increase or rise. / (transitive) Not to vomit.

(idiomatic) Periods of positive and negative events, moods, or interactions; highs and lows. / Undulations.

to pursue and apprehend someone or something. / (by extension) to investigate the cause of something

present participle of tip it down

(idiomatic) Fundamentally; in essence; in reality