go down

verb16

1. •
   To descend; to move from a higher place to a lower one.
2. •
   To fall (down); to fall to the floor.

   • The boxer went down in the second round, after a blow to the chin.
3. •
   To crash.

   • The plane went down thirty miles from shore.
4. •
   To sink.

   • SMS Pommern went down with all hands at Jutland.
5. •
   Synonym of set, to disappear below the horizon.

   • It'll be cooler once the sun goes down.
6. •
   To decrease; to change from a greater value to a lesser one.

   • The unemployment rate has gone down significantly in recent months.
7. •
   To be received or accepted.

   • The news didn't go down well with her parents.
8. •
   (UK, informal) To be pleasant, etc., when eaten or drunk.

   • That meal went down a treat.
9. •
   (slang) To take place, happen.

   • Three cups of coffee, but I can't clear my head from what went down last night. — 1978
10. •
    To stop functioning, to go offline.

    • Did the server just go down again? We'll have to reboot it.
11. •
    To be recorded or remembered (as).

    • Today will go down as a monumental failure.
12. •
    To perform oral sex.

    • He felt nervous about going down on his girlfriend for the first time.
13. •
    (slang) To be soundly defeated.

    • You guys are going down!
14. •
    To be blamed for something; to be the scapegoat; to go to prison.

    • Rodney's not here; after the shootout, he went down and won't be back for at least a year.
15. •
    (slang) To attack another gang.
16. •
    (old-fashioned) To physically leave one's university, either permanently or in some other non-transient sense (such as following the end of term).

    • Following the death of her mother, she went down from Cambridge for a few days so as to attend the funeral.