go down
Drop in elevation
Go down covers movement to a lower position—descending stairs, sinking below the horizon, or falling to the ground.
The sun goes down.
A ship goes down when it sinks.
Prices go down.
When something goes down, it happens: What went down at the meeting?
To go down on someone is to perform oral sex.
Food or medicine that goes down easily is swallowed without trouble.
Something that goes down well is received favorably: The news didn't go down well with investors.
Fail to keep
- beatenHaving lost a contest
- surrenderCease resistance, yield
- lossBeing without something
- vanquishedDefeated completely
rout · overthrown · capitulation · failure · setback · humiliation · conquered · trounced
Fragment gradually
- fallDescend under gravity
- toppleCause to fall
- cave-inUnderground passage collapse
- crashSudden violent impact
tumble · ruin · demolition · implosion · destruction · wreckage · breakdown · subsidence
Arrange in position
- duskDimming after sundown
- twilightLight after sunset
- eveningLate day period
- horizonApparent earth-sky meeting
nightfall · sundown · darkening · dimming · golden hour · afterglow · fading light · eventide
Hasty, large swallow
digest · bolus · esophagus · peristalsis · choke · gag · difficulty swallowing · food
Brought back to mind
- recordedCaptured for posterity
- chronicledRecorded in narrative form
- legacyWhat's passed down
- annalsYear-by-year historical account
posterity · fame · infamy · legendary · notable · historic · archives · memory
Was given something
- acceptedFormally agreed to
- perceivedBecame aware of
- reactionResponse to stimulus
- responseAnswer to stimulus
audience · approval · disapproval · popularity · impression · feedback · well · badly
drop
Fall or release
plunge · dive · decline · slip · slide · elevator · staircase · abseil · rappel · submerge
lose
Fail to keep
vanquished · rout · overthrown · capitulation · failure · setback · humiliation · conquered · trounced · thrashed
crumble
Fragment gradually
crash · tumble · ruin · demolition · implosion · destruction · wreckage · breakdown · subsidence · shatter
set
Arrange in position
horizon · nightfall · sundown · darkening · dimming · golden hour · afterglow · fading light · eventide
gulp
Hasty, large swallow
consume · digest · bolus · esophagus · peristalsis · choke · gag · difficulty swallowing · food · drink
remembered
Brought back to mind
- recordedCaptured for posterity
- chronicledRecorded in narrative form
- legacyWhat's passed down
annals · posterity · fame · infamy · legendary · notable · historic · archives · memory · reputation
received
Was given something
response · audience · approval · disapproval · popularity · impression · feedback · well · badly · favorably
- downward motionsfall, drop, plunge, sink, dive
- downward movementssink, dive, drop, fall, dip
- collapsecollapse, cave in, cave-in, fall in, give way
- failingfail, fails, collapse, flop, bomb
- declinedecline, in decline, decrease, downswing, on the decline
- losing phrasesgame over, you lose, lose out, defeated, beaten