To reduce power to (an engine), reduce speed / To suppress (an emotion)

(idiomatic) Temporarily incapacitated but not permanently defeated.

(vulgar) Synonym of down the toilet

(idiomatic) To fall from the sky, especially in vast quantities

plural of down-and-out

The act of brushing down (a person, animal or object).

Alternative form of comedown

To place a weight on, attach a weight to, load with a weight; to encumber with a weight.

With the palm pointing towards the ground.

plural of button-down