going down
Heading toward bottom
Going down describes downward movement—descending stairs, an elevator traveling to lower floors, or the sun sinking toward the horizon.
The phrase extends to decreases: Prices are going down.
It can mean happening: What's going down tonight?
In vulgar slang, going down on someone means performing oral sex.
To go down in a competition is to lose; in history, it's to be remembered: She'll go down as one of the greats.
Vertical conveyance between floors
- stairsSet of steps
- escalatorAutomated people-lifting stairs
- ladderPortable climbing frame
- dropFall or release
fall · lower · sink · abseil · rappel · slope · hill · decline
Basin with drain
- diveHeadfirst water entry
- plungeSudden steep descent
- drownDie by submersion
- underwaterBelow the surface
submersion · depths · abyss · founder · capsize · Titanic · shipwreck · subside
Prolonged economic decline
- slumpExtended period of decline
- depressionProlonged low state
- deteriorationProcess of declining quality
- dropFall or release
fall · plunge · dip · decrease · wane · shrink · worsen · degradation
Being without something
- surrenderCease resistance, yield
- collapseSudden structural failure
- overthrowForcible removal from power
- beatenHaving lost a contest
crushed · vanquished · rout · humiliation · fall · submission · capitulation · conquered
Dimming after sundown
golden hour · horizon · afterglow · dimming · fading light · gloaming · end of day
elevator
Vertical conveyance between floors
drop · fall · lower · sink · abseil · rappel · slope · hill · decline · ramp
sink
Basin with drain
underwater · submersion · depths · abyss · founder · capsize · Titanic · shipwreck · subside · descend
recession
Prolonged economic decline
- slumpExtended period of decline
- depressionProlonged low state
- deteriorationProcess of declining quality
drop · fall · plunge · dip · decrease · wane · shrink · worsen · degradation · ebb
loss
Being without something
- surrenderCease resistance, yield
- collapseSudden structural failure
- overthrowForcible removal from power
beaten · crushed · vanquished · rout · humiliation · fall · submission · capitulation · conquered · toppled
dusk
Dimming after sundown
sundown · golden hour · horizon · afterglow · dimming · fading light · gloaming · end of day
fellatio
Oral-genital male act
- elevatorselevator, elevators, elevator shaft, lift shaft, elevator doors
- Maritime Disastersshipwreck, capsizing, foundering, drowning, collision
- defeatdefeat, beaten, conquered, vanquished, loss
- sea rescuelifeboat, rescue, lifeguard, coastguard, SOS
- warningswarning, alert, caution, danger, warning sign
- death idiomsdead end, dead serious, dead wrong, dead tired, dead weight
going downgoing up
Moving in upward direction
ascending · rising · coming up · climbing · heading up
going downgoing up
Moving in upward direction
increasing · rising · growing · climbing · escalating
going downgoing up
Moving in upward direction
getting up · rising · on the rise · improving · standing up
down, gone, going, sinking, outgoing, go down, downfall, breakdown, ongoing