(transitive, idiomatic) To defeat (some measure or candidate) by a majority vote.

(American football) The first play in a series that has a maximum of four downs.

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see track, down. / (idiomatic) To hunt for or locate; to search for; to find.

Alternative form of caught with one's pants down

(transitive, arithmetic) To round (a number) to the greatest integer that is not greater than it, or to some other lower value, especially a whole number of hundreds, thousands, etc.

Which has broken down and, as a result, is no longer in working order. / Not properly maintained; neglected. / Ruined in character or strength.

(idiomatic) To worsen or degenerate.

To reach by moving down or reducing. / (idiomatic) To entirely depend upon a single factor; basically, ultimately or in essence.

(transitive and intransitive) To reduce in volume by boiling. / (intransitive) To become reduced (to the most central elements or ingredients: to the essence, core, or implication for action).

(transitive) To give up, surrender, or yield (e.g. a weapon), usually by placing it on the ground. / To place on the ground, e.g. a railway on a trackbed.