go down

Meaning

1. Editorial40% of films

   to move to a lower floor, level, or place; to descend

2. Oxford20% of films

   to go from one place to another, especially further south or from a city or large town to a smaller place

3. Oxford15% of films

   to be defeated by sb, especially in a game or competition

4. Oxford10% of films

   if food or drink will / will not go down, it is easy / difficult to swallow

In the movies · 264

• All right, I'm going down to Ludwig's office.The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!1988
• and we could go down to Mexico or up to Canada or...Take the Money and Run1969
• l'll go down Elmore Lane and l'll be home in two minutes.Brief Encounter1945
• Go down and whoa,My Octopus Teacher2020
• We go down there...Poor Things2023
• Just go down here.Ron's Gone Wrong2021
• You'll go down in history. You'll go down in history.Escape Room2019
• or you go down.Kingsman: The Secret Service2014

From the same entry

• anything goes
• as people, things, go
• be going on
• be going to do
• don't go doing
• enough to be going on with
• go all out for
• go and do
• go off on one
• go on
• a lot, nothing, going for you
• no go