going downtown

Toward the center

Going downtown literally means traveling to a city's central business district.

Figuratively, the phrase often refers to oral sex, especially cunnilingus: He went downtown on her.

In sports, going downtown means hitting a home run or scoring from long range: Rodriguez goes downtown with a three-run shot.

Related

restaurants · nightlife · night out · subway · parking garage · street art · central business district · center · city lights · bar hopping · plazas · urban exploration · date night · public art installations · street performers · food trucks · theater district · art gallery

Opposites
direction/destination

going downtownheading home

activity level/engagement

going downtownstaying home

Not going out

staying in · staying put · cocooning · hunkering down · not going anywhere

sexual slang

going downtownabstaining

Voluntarily doing without

Family

going, outgoing, ongoing, easygoing, down, downs, downed, downing, downer

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Known to kids · Timeless · Everyday, not technical · Rated PG