(idiomatic, intransitive) To be quiet; to refrain from being noisy. / (transitive) To dismiss from muster, as a ship's company. / (slang, transitive) Of a man, to have penetrative sex with a woman.

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.

(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.