English Dictionary

come down

verb

(intransitive) To descend, fall down, collapse. / (intransitive) To be demolished. / (intransitive) To decrease. / (intransitive) To reach a decision. / (intransitive) To be passed through time.

I saw a shooting star come down from the sky last night.

意味（1）

(intransitive) To descend, fall down, collapse.

A tree came down and hit me on the head.

意味（2）

(intransitive) To be demolished.

The damage sustained in the fire is so great that the whole building will have to come down.

意味（3）

(intransitive) To decrease.

Real estate prices have come down since the peak of the boom.

意味（4）

(intransitive) To reach a decision.

I can't guess which way the board will come down on the project.

意味（5）

(intransitive) To be passed through time.

Much wisdom has come down in the form of proverbs.

意味（6）

(intransitive, idiomatic) To return from an elevated state of consciousness or emotion.

He finally came down from his post-bonus high.

意味（7）

(impersonal, UK) To rain.

It's coming down heavily now.

意味（8）

(intransitive, UK) To graduate from university, especially an Oxbridge university.

Raju had got a job with a law firm in Singapore after coming down from Oxford.

意味（9）

Shortening of of come down the (pike, line, etc.) To be about to happen.