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Come down

verb

Move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way. Synonyms: descend, fall, go down. "The barometer is falling" , "The curtain fell on the diva" , "Her hand went up and then fell again"

Be the essential element. Synonyms: boil down, reduce.

Fall from clouds. Synonyms: fall, precipitate. "Vesuvius precipitated its fiery, destructive rage on Herculaneum"

Get sick. Synonym: sicken.

Criticize or reprimand harshly.

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"Come down" Quotes from Famous Books

... expected of them and meant to do their share. Every now and then Laurie would see a pair of bright eyes peeping at him over the stair, then off would scurry a baby squirrel afraid of being caught, "for all the world," thought Laurie, "the way we do at home when we are forbidden to come down when mother is giving a party, so watch instead from a landing on the stair when nurse's ...

— The Pigeon Tale • Virginia Bennett

... the mornin'! 'Twas the iverlastin' mornin' at St. Pether's Gate was the mornin' for seven-an'-twenty good men; and twenty more was sick to the death in that bitter, burnin' sun. But the women worked like angils as I've said, an' the men like divils, till two doctors come down from above, and ...

— Indian Tales • Rudyard Kipling

... by no means discouraged; he trusts to his legs, and usually at once starts off on a run "anywhere, anywhere, out (in) the world." When far enough away for them to feel safe in doing so, the parents come down and feed and comfort the wanderer, and it is a day or two before his wings are of much ...

— In Nesting Time • Olive Thorne Miller

... railway station," he thought, "just the time to be here from the Moscow train...Who could it be? What if it's brother Nikolay? He did say: 'Maybe I'll go to the waters, or maybe I'll come down to you.'" He felt dismayed and vexed for the first minute, that his brother Nikolay's presence should come to disturb his happy mood of spring. But he felt ashamed of the feeling, and at once he opened, as it were, the arms of his soul, and with a softened feeling of joy and expectation, now ...

— Anna Karenina • Leo Tolstoy

... "Tara—it's a come down—but I'm fairly starving!" he cried suddenly—and consulted his watch. "Nine o'clock. The wretch I am! Dad's final remark was, 'Sure as a gun, you'll be late for breakfast.' And it seemed impossible. But sure as guns we will be! Put on the ...

— Far to Seek - A Romance of England and India • Maud Diver

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