went down; gone down; going down; goes down
1
2
: to admit of being swallowed
the medicine went down easily
3
a
: to find acceptance
will the plan go down with the farmers
b
: to come to be remembered especially in posterity
will he go down in history as a great president
4
British
: to leave a university
5
a
: to undergo defeat or failure
b
chiefly British
: to become incapacitated
went down with … acute tonsillitis—Helen Cathcart
6
slang
: to take place : happen
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