go down

go down
v.

1) (d; intr.) ('to become known') to go down in as (to go down in history as a great ruler)

2) (D; intr.) ('to descend') to go down into (to go down into a mine)

3) (d; intr.) ('to descend') to go down to (to go down to the river)

4) (misc.) to go down to defeat

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['gəʊ'daʊn]
(misc.) to go down to defeat
(d; intr.) ('to become known') to go down in as (to go down in history as a great ruler)
(D; intr.) ('to descend') to go down into (to go down into a mine)
(d; intr.) ('to descend') to go down to (to go down to the river)

Combinatory dictionary. 2013.

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