(idiomatic) Caught off guard, unprepared, or in an embarrassing situation.

To cause (someone) physical or mental fatigue. / To eventually persuade or defeat (someone) through persistent effort. / Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see wear, down.

(intransitive, idiomatic) To become less virulent or strong; to subside.

A series of thoughts or actions which feeds back into itself, causing a situation to become progressively worse. It is worse than a vicious circle, which is self-sustaining in its current state.

(idiomatic, chiefly US) To deal with the important details.

(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.

Having down, covered with a soft fuzzy coating as of small feathers or hair. / Sharp-witted, perceptive. / (UK, Norfolk) Low-spirited; down in the mouth.

A blanket filled with down; a duvet.

plural of down payment