| 单词 | to go down |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto go down to go down 1. intransitive. a. To move or pass to a lower place or position, or one regarded as lower; to descend (from, †of). Cf. to go adown at Phrasal verbs 1.See also to go down on one's knees at knee n. 3a. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > downward motion > move downwards [verb (intransitive)] styc825 astyc975 alightOE to fall adownOE hieldc1275 downcomea1300 sink?a1300 avalec1374 to go downa1375 to come downc1380 dipc1390 descenda1393 clinea1400 declinea1400 downc1400 inclinec1400 vailc1400 fallc1440 devall1477 condescendc1485 to get down1567 lower1575 dismount1579 to fall down1632 down?1701 demount1837 a1375 (c1350) William of Palerne (1867) l. 811 Þanne a-ros sche raddely..& gan doun..in-to þe gardin. a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Psalms cvi. 23 That gon doun the se in shipis. c1450 (?a1400) Wars Alexander (Ashm.) l. 5050 And he gose doun be grece a-gayn to his tentis. a1500 (?a1450) Gesta Romanorum (BL Add. 9066) (1879) 328 Whan the Emperour vndirstode that, he went downe of his horse. 1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VI f. cvv His father..whiche was gone doune to dinner. 1642 J. Vicars God in Mount 97 To go down to York thereby to make the Parliament. 1673 M. Carleton Mem. Madam Charlton 10 After several treats in Town, she..goes down to Gravesend. 1700 S. L. tr. C. Frick Relation Voy. in tr. C. Frick & C. Schweitzer Relation Two Voy. E.-Indies 75 I went down into the Boat with the other Surgeons. 1739 J. Campbell Trav. of Edward Brown 428 She was gone down to Leicestershire to settle her Affairs when my Letter came. 1754 G. G. Beekman Let. 30 Sept. in Beekman Mercantile Papers (1956) I. 224 He went down from here with his Sloop to the narrows. 1822 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. July 17/2 Instead of taking his hint, and going down to the cabin, I remained upon deck. 1859 Friend of Youth & Children's Mag. 254 It was not long before he..wanted to go down to the brook. 1973 ‘D. Jordan’ Nile Green xxxii. 154 We went down on to the quay to eat fish and drink retsina. 2005 E. J. Weiner What goes Up xxix. 426 I..went down in the elevator to walk over to the stock exchange. b. Of the sun: to sink below the horizon, to set. Also of the moon and other celestial objects. Cf. to go adown at Phrasal verbs 1.Frequently in poetic and figurative contexts, as heralding the end of the day and the approach of darkness. ΚΠ a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Bodl. 959) (1959) Gen. xv. 12 Whenn þe sonne was gone doun [L. occumberet]: feerd fell vpon Abram. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 6800 (MED) Ar sun ga dun þat ilk dai. ?a1475 (?a1425) tr. R. Higden Polychron. (Harl. 2261) (1865) I. 327 In the northe parte of that cuntre the son goethe not down in the solstice of somer. 1549 Bk. Common Prayer (STC 16267) Celebr. Holye Communion f. xcii Let not the Sunne go doune vpon your wrathe. 1637 S. Rutherford Lett. (1664) 197 Your after-noon will wear short, and your sun fall low and goe down. 1784 C. Eversfield Jrnl. Journey from Bassora to Bagdad 85 And the moon at this time going down, we here took, a few hours repose. 1796 R. Southey Joan of Arc vi. 256 Oh! woe it is to think So many men shall never see the sun Go down! 1895 T. Hardy Jude i. v. 35 The sun was going down, and the full moon was rising simultaneously behind the woods in the opposite quarter. 1943 W. Stegner Big Rock Candy Mountain i. 23 The sun went down redly behind a ridge of scattered buttes. 2009 C. Isbell & A. Pavia Rabbits for Dummies (ed. 2) viii. 125 Never keep your rabbit in his run after the sun goes down because predators are more likely to lurk at dusk. c. To decrease or fall in number, quantity, value, price, or degree. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > decrease or reduction in quantity, amount, or degree > decrease in quantity, amount, or degree [verb (intransitive)] littleOE setc1000 wanzec1175 lessc1225 allayc1275 wane1297 slaken1303 disincreasec1374 slakec1380 decrease1382 debatea1400 unwaxa1400 wastea1400 adminishc1400 lessenc1400 imminish14.. aslakec1405 minish?a1425 assuagec1430 shrinkc1449 to let down1486 decay1489 diminish1520 fall1523 rebate1540 batea1542 to come down1548 abate1560 stoop1572 pine1580 slack1580 scanten1585 shrivel1588 decrew1596 remit1629 contract1648 subside1680 lower1697 relax1701 drop1730 to take off1776 to run down1792 reduce1798 recede1810 to run off1816 to go down1823 attenuatea1834 ease1876 downscale1945 1823 Parl. Deb. 2nd ser. 7 1470 The corn producers undersold each other; the prices went down. 1890 Temple Bar June 156 I do not think he cares a straw whether your temperature goes up or down. 1905 Jrnl. Instit. Brewing 11 424 The amount went down to 36 parts per 100,000. 1957 Changing Times Feb. 26/1 National farm income went down 3.2%. 1996 Infoworld 26 Aug. 41 (advt.) Productivity will go up, as frustration levels go down. 2013 T. Pynchon Bleeding Edge v. 48 Happy hour begins and the price of..drinks goes down to $2.50. 2. intransitive (a) To be overthrown or defeated; to fall before a conqueror or conquering force. Cf. to go adown at Phrasal verbs 1. (b) In later use frequently in sporting contexts: to be beaten, or to be put in a losing position, by the opposition; Cricket (of a wicket) to be taken (cf. 8a). ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > defeat > be defeated [verb (intransitive)] to have (also get) the worsec1275 leesec1300 to lick the dust, the earth1382 to get (also have) the waura1393 to go downa1400 to go away (also flee) with the worsea1413 to have the worsta1470 to go to (also unto) the worse1485 to go by the worse (also worst)1528 to have the overthrow1536 lose1548 tine1681 a1400 (?a1350) Seege Troye (Egerton) (1927) l. 1074 On either side mony folk goþ doun. 1537 J. Husee Let. 14 Dec. in State Papers Henry VIII (P.R.O.: SP 1/127) f. 62 The abbay of Warden is suppressid, and dyuers others ar namyd to goo downe. 1610 J. Healey tr. J. L. Vives in tr. St. Augustine Citie of God xviii. xxiii. 707 Hee is a souldiour..therefore will hee reare and teare, downe goe whole Citties before him. a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry V (1623) iii. 0. 34 The nimble Gunner With Lynstock now the diuellish Cannon touches..And downe goes all before them. View more context for this quotation 1740 London Evening Post 10 July London went in, and got seventy in the second Hands, and two Wickets to go down, Time being out. 1788 World 25 Aug. 3/2 Hampshire won, with 5 Wickets to go down. 1874 J. R. Green Short Hist. Eng. People ii. §4. 71 Horse and man went down before his lance at Val-ès-dunes. 1878 Scribner's Monthly 15 143/1 Fanaticism, though brilliant in its first efforts, went down before discipline. 1892 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 151 98/1 Five of the best bats in England went down before Spofforth's bowling. 1918 Building Age Jan. 62/2 Stores..of that type [sc. general stores]..must reform, or go down before the power of the mail-order catalog. 1932 Michiganensian 36 173 St. Xavier of Cincinnati went down 1-0 under the three-hit pitching of Compton. 1973 E. U. Crosby & C. R. Webb Past as Prol. I. i. i. 19 Less than fifty years later..Babylon itself went down before the might of the new Persian state of Cyrus. 2012 Dumfries & Galloway Standard (Nexis) 7 Nov. 38 Creetown..eventually went down by three goals to two. 3. intransitive. a. To change for the worse, deteriorate; to decline in health or prosperity; to collapse or die. See also to go down in the world at world n. Phrases 16d. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > adversity > be in adversity [verb (intransitive)] > fall from prosperous or thriving condition afalleOE wanec1000 fallOE ebba1420 to go backward?a1425 to go down?1440 decay1483 sink?a1513 delapsea1530 reel1529 decline1530 to go backwards1562 rue1576 droop1577 ruina1600 set1607 lapse1641 to lose ground1647 to go to pigs and whistles1794 to come (also go) down in the world1819 to peg out1852 to lose hold, one's balance1877 to go under1879 toboggan1887 slip1930 to turn down1936 the world > health and disease > ill health > be in ill health [verb (intransitive)] > be weak > become weak of-fall?a1200 fail?c1225 wastea1300 languisha1325 defail1340 languora1375 defaulta1382 wastea1387 faintc1450 mortifyc1475 hink?a1500 traik?a1513 droopc1540 unquick1595 macerate1598 dodder1617 lachanize1623 smartle1673 break1726 go1748 sink1780 wilt1787 falter1799 weaken1886 to go down1892 to go out of curl1924 tr. Palladius De re Rustica (Duke Humfrey) (1896) i. l. 210 A novel vyne vp gooth by diligence As fast as hit gooth doun [L. incurrit] by negligence. ?1548 J. Bale Image Bothe Churches (new ed.) iii. sig. Cc.v In the fall certaynelye of theyr whoryshe churche, wyll they stande afarre of. They wyll be none of hers whan they se her go doun, least they should go doun with her. 1562 in B. Cusack Everyday Eng. 1500–1700 (1998) 66 Item for the kylne whiche ys In decay And Clean goynedovne. 1603 A. Dent Ruine of Rome xiv. 214 As the dominion of the Popes goeth downe, so also their worship and religion, goeth downe with it. 1653 J. Naylor Let. in S. Buttivant Brief Disc. Antichrist 12 When he could not prevail, he went down in a rage. 1710 J. Swift Let. 10 Oct. (1768) IV. vi. 46 He goes down in a rage, shoots his wife through the head, then falls on his sword. 1791 C. Reeve School for Widows II. viii. 270 She was going down to the grave, and did not wish to live. a1854 H. Reed Lect. Brit. Poets (1857) viii. 274 If the spirit of a nation goes down, its poetry will go down with it. 1892 M. E. Wilkins Jane Field 10 Well, I hope Lois ain't goin' down. I heard she looked dreadful. 1911 A. Bennett Hilda Lessways ii. ii. 153 Calder Street's going down—it's getting more and more of a slum. 1968 K. Weatherly Roo Shooter 41 The air remained as dry as ever. On some of the stations the cattle were going down; all the earth tanks were dry. 2007 L. Hodgkinson Compl. Guide Renovating & Improving your Prop. (ed. 2) vii. 14 The presence of a Lidl's might indicate the area is going down, whereas a Waitrose..means that the yuppies are moving in. b. To become ill with a specified illness or disease. Cf. to come down 12 at come v. Phrasal verbs 1. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > cause to be ill [verb (transitive)] > catch illness catcha1393 enticec1400 engender1525 get1527 to take up1629 to come down1837 to pick up1889 start1891 to go down1895 1895 Vet. Jrnl. May 365 He had charge of the best shorthorn herd in his district and he would guarantee they did not go down with milk fever. 1904 W. Reed et al. Rep. Origin & Spread Typhoid Fever during Spanish War I. 447/1 Company A was the first..to go down with typhoid fever. 1953 ‘N. Shute’ In Wet 4 I went down with a severe attack of malaria. 2001 J. Le Fanu They don't know what's Wrong ix. 146 It really felt as though I was going down with flu. 4. intransitive. a. Of wind, a stormy sea, etc.: to subside, abate. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > fine weather > [verb (intransitive)] > become calm (of weather or the elements) calm1399 falla1400 lown?a1600 to fall calm1601 serenify1612 subside1680 lin1693 flat1748 flatten1748 lull1808 to go down1873 a1450 (?c1430) J. Lydgate Daunce Machabree (Huntington) (1931) l. 448 Wyndes grete gon doune with litel reyne. 1567 A. Golding tr. Ovid Metamorphosis (new ed.) viii. f. 95v The Easterne wind went downe & flakes of foggie Clouds gan show. 1635 L. Foxe North-west Fox sig. Bb4v The wind going downe with Sol and in the night up again. 1672 J. Dryden Conquest Granada i. ii. i. 18 My boyling passions settle and goe down. 1791 G. Mortimer Observ. & Remarks Voy. Islands 69 The violence of the gale was somewhat abated; but the sea went down but little, and ran very cross and confused. 1840 F. Marryat Poor Jack x. 62 The sea had gone down. 1873 W. Black Princess of Thule iv. 67 The wind had altogether gone down. 1919 St. Nicholas Apr. 518/1 As soon as the wind and the waves went down, the otters would return to deep water. 1929 Pop. Sci. Monthly Sept. 153/1 They found shelter in a deserted shack, where they huddled three days foodless till the storm went down. 2006 T. N. Lundrigan Bird in Hand ii. 22 I had a big sheepskin coat for the cold, plenty of gas, and I expected the wind to go down at sunset. b. Of something swollen or inflated: to reduce in size. ΘΚΠ the world > space > extension in space > reduction in size or extent > become reduced in size or extent [verb (intransitive)] > deflate to go down1582 subside1634 deflate1902 1582 P. Levens Right Profitable Bk. All Disseases 95 Take centory, rosemary, wormewood, horehound,..and let the sick taste thereof, and it shal cause the postume to go downe. 1683 S. Haworth True Method Curing Consumptions xix. 139 About a Month ago his Ankles began to swell, and they continue to do so still at Night,..but the Swelling goes down in the Morning. 1726 N. B. Philippos Farrier's & Horseman's Dict. 133/1 Ride the Horse daily..up to the Belly in deep running Water..to allay the Heat of his Members, till the Swellings goes down. 1878 Amer. Jrnl. Med. Sci. Jan. 272 The swelling in the left leg went down, but the abdominal had increased. 1985 L. St. Clair Robson Ride the Wind xxxvi. 349 The small black buffalo gnats... left ugly, pus-filled welts that took days to go down. 2004 Daily Tel. 21 May 25/1 Your eyes swell up... The swelling does not go down for two or three weeks. 5. intransitive. a. Of a boat or other vessel, or those on board: to sink. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > downward motion > move downwards [verb (intransitive)] > sink > in liquid sinkOE drench1297 drenklec1330 to go downa1475 replunge1611 submerge1652 swamp1795 to go under1820 a1475 (?a1430) J. Lydgate tr. G. Deguileville Pilgrimage Life Man (Vitell.) l. 17508 He [sc. a whirlpool] devoureth..Al that peyseth or yiveth soun, To the botme yt goth doun. 1616 J. Davies Select Second Husband sig. F5v In the Deepe A Shippe goes downe, with ouerturned Keele; When ore a mounting Billow shee doth sweepe. a1691 J. Flavell Faithful Narr. Sea-deliv. in Saint Indeed (1754) 180 Of 21 Persons that were first in the Ship, 5 went down with the Ship. 1768 J. Byron Narr. Patagonia 87 There ran such a sea, that we expected, every instant, the boat would go down. 1792 C. Dibdin Hannah Hewit I. 153 Walmesley and Hewit parted when the boat went down. 1827 ‘H. S. Van Dyk’ Gondola ii. 61 This here little brig an't the one as 'ud go down, whilst she could keep a small matter of timber together. 1874 Christian's Penny Mag. 10 New ser. 57 The Bonny Bess..had gone down in the darkness, and her little crew had gone down with her to their death. 1900 J. Conrad Lord Jim xiii. 160 The old ship went down all on a sudden with a lurch to starboard. 1964 in R. D. Abrahams Deep down in Jungle ii. iv. 115 Where wus you when the big Titanic went down? 1991 New Yorker 24 June 88/2 The publishers had gone down with all hands. 2002 I. H. Walton & J. Grimm Windjammers ix. 220 The lumber schooner Isaac G. Jenkins..went down with all hands in a severe blizzard on Lake Ontario. b. Of an aircraft, spacecraft, etc.: to fall from the air, to crash. ΚΠ 1859 Marion (Iowa) Herald 21 July In a few seconds the balloon went down with a full swoop upon the lake. 1917 N.Y. Times Current Hist.: European War XII. 80/2 The German airplane went down.., leaving a trail of smoke behind. 1942 Washington Post 28 Oct. 16 We sighted the transport plane. All three of us got squirts at him and he went down in flames. 1997 Ottawa Citizen (Nexis) 14 Apr. a9 When the Challenger (space shuttle) went down, a lot of engineers I hang out with played the videotape over and over again. 2012 Daily Tel. 24 Feb. 21/5 A helicopter went down at Camp Pendleton,..killing the two Marines on board. 6. intransitive. Frequently with adverbial complement or phrase. a. Of food or drink: to be swallowed, go down the throat; to be capable of being swallowed. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > qualities of food > [verb (intransitive)] > be swallowed to go down1532 1532 R. Whittington tr. Erasmus De Ciuilitate Morun Puerilium sig. C2/2 If thou haue take any morsell that can nat go downe [L. deglutiri], it is maner to tourne thy heed & caste it priuely away. 1579 S. Gosson Schoole of Abuse f. 2 The deceitfull Phisition geueth sweete Syrropes, to make his poyson goe downe the smoother. 1603 P. Holland tr. Plutarch Morals 595 Another..decks the cup, whiles wine goes downe. 1665 R. Boyle Occas. Refl. vi. i. sig. Mm7 A belief that the toothsome, would make the nutritive part go smoothly down. 1747 Gentleman's Mag. Jan. 24/1 His hunger makes his bread go down Altho' it be both stale and brown. 1841 Med. Times 16 Jan. 184/1 He sometimes finds, in the midst of dinner, that his food will not go down. 1890 Illustr. Sporting & Dramatic News 31 May 372/1 I..want no extra inducement in the shape of sauce or pickle to make it go down. 1971 A. McCaffrey Ring of Fear ix. 224 Mrs. Garrison's notion of therapeutic food turned out to be raspberry sherbet, which went down easily, coolingly. 1994 C. Pike Midnight Club 89 Ilonka had a glass of water by her bed. The pill went down smooth. b. To find acceptance (with a person); to be pleasing or agreeable; to be received (in a specified way). ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > quality of being satisfactory > [verb (intransitive)] sufficec1340 doa1450 servec1475 to go down1608 to pass (muster) in a crowd1711 to get by1897 1608 T. Dekker Lanthorne & Candle-light sig. H3 The woorst hors-flesh..does best goe downe with him. 1679 J. Dryden Troilus & Cressida Prol. sig. b4 The fulsome clench that nauseats the Town Wou'd from a Judge or Alderman go down. 1690 J. Locke Ess. Humane Understanding iv. xix. 357 The grossest Absurdities..being but agreeable to such Principles, go down glibly, and are easily digested. 1734 H. Fielding Intrig. Chambermaid Epil. sig. A5v English is now below this learned Town, None but Italian Warblers will go down. 1738 E. A. Burgis Ann. Church IV. 187 These proceedings were differently relished: they went down well with the more moderate sort. 1822 W. Hazlitt Table-talk II. iv. 64 A poet who would not go down among readers of the present day. 1885 W. E. Norris Adrian Vidal I. vii. 121 In fashion or out of fashion, they [sc. sensational novels] always pay and always go down with the public. 1927 Melody Maker Aug. 773/2 In the combination are two performers on musical saw, which novelty, says Mr. Haggleton, always goes down well with his audience. 1984 Texas Monthly Feb. 100/1 The theory behind happy talk is that it makes bad news go down better. 2007 T. French In the Woods 109 They were a decent family but kept themselves to themselves, which hadn't gone down very well. 7. intransitive. a. To extend down to a point in space; (of a road, passage, etc.) to lead down. Also with complement: to extend down for a specified distance. ΚΠ 1587 T. Churchyard Worthines of Wales sig. N2v The Rocke discends, beneath the auncient Towne, About the which, a stately wall goes downe. 1613 S. Purchas Pilgrimage viii. xiv. 686 The hil..goes downe two hundred & fifty braces or yards. 1694 R. Blome tr. A. Le Grand Entire Body Philos. i. viii. iii. 269/1 The thick membran..hath 2 Holes, through which the ascending Hollow Vein, and the Gullet which goes down to the Stomach, do pass. 1743 R. Pococke Descr. East I. v. vi. 243 This well goes down towards the bottom of the pyramid. 1790 Edinb. Mag. Apr. 233/1 The mantle goes down below the knee. 1838 J. Abbott Rollo at Play 148 The path went down and crossed the brook. 1898 Trans. & Jrnl. Proc. Dumfriesshire & Galloway Nat. Hist. & Antiquarian Soc. 1896–7 69 It [sc. a portion of wall] is composed of ordinary stone and lime, and goes down for several feet. 1913 Motor Age 21 July 15/1 The western road goes down through Keene to the Massachusetts line. 1976 New Scientist 16 Sept. 589/2 The previous deepest sea-floor hole went down 5709 ft off Portugal. 2000 R. Coleman By-way Biking North York Moors iii. 21 Do not take the track that goes down towards the wood. b. To extend or continue forward to a certain point in history or period of time. ΚΠ 1688 R. Jenkin Historical Exam. Authority Councils 50 (margin) Walter de Hemingford's..Chronicon..goes down to Henry the Third's death. 1699 Bp. G. Burnet Expos. Thirty-nine Articles vi. 83 There is a continued Series of Books of their History, that goes down to the Babylonish Captivity. 1766 Gentleman's Mag. May 215/2 Camden published, in the reign of James VI, the first part of his Life of Elizabeth, which goes down to the year 1589. 1797 Encycl. Brit. XI. 27/1 The last series goes down to the fourth century. 1837 Penny Cycl. VII. 507/2 To these are added the fragments of an unknown continuator of Dion..which go down to the time of Constantine. 1890 Sat. Rev. 5 Apr. 422/2 Mr. Thornton's..sketch..goes down to the death of James II. 1962 F. Dvornik Slavs European Hist. & Civilization vii. 161 The Chronicle of Pulkava..only goes down to the year 1330. 1977 Jrnl. Amer. Acad. Relig. 45 82 This history of Israel, which goes down to the time of Alexander the Great, is in the tradition of the German school. 2005 J. Retsö Arabs in Antiq. xii. 331 Posidonius of Apamaea, whose world history, which went down to the year 86 BC.., is irretrievably lost. 8. intransitive. a. Of a person or thing: to fall or be brought down by force; to be knocked or blown over. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > downward motion > falling > fall [verb (intransitive)] > with force or violence dump1333 swapc1386 to shove downc1400 squat1587 to go down1697 spank1800 thwacka1851 to beat down1860 the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > downward motion > falling > fall [verb (intransitive)] > fall down or from erect position fallOE to fall downc1175 torple?c1225 glidec1275 overthrowc1330 downfallc1350 swaya1400 reversea1470 twine1600 to go down1697 the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > downward motion > causing to come or go down > cause to come or go down [verb (intransitive)] > bring to the ground or lay low fellOE to go down1697 1697 J. Vanbrugh Æsop: 2nd Pt. (ed. 2) 2 She was a pretty tight Frigat to look upon:..But the first Storm that blew, Down went the Mast. 1782 Scots Mag. Apr. 705/2 The wind..carried away the fore-sail. About a quarter of an hour afterwards..the quarter-boards went down with a crash. 1813 Sporting Mag. May 102/2 Gregson planted a right-handed hit on his adversary's throat, and he went down. 1896 Electr. Engineer 21 607 In many places the wires and a great many..poles went down. 1909 Cement Age July 27 The three spans of the bridge had gone down. 2010 C. Kelly Homecoming (2011) ix. 157 You're too young to remember the big storms in the 1920s... Several trees went down in the garden. b. Originally U.S. Of a telephone or power network, a computer or computing service, etc.: to cease operating, stop working; to be switched off unexpectedly because of some fault. ΚΠ 1911 Daily Rev. (Decatur, Illinois) 3 Apr. 10/7 The street car traffic was not delayed [by the storm] excepting for two or three times when the power went down for five or ten minutes. 1969 Computers & Automation Mar. 31/2 The batch-processing computer went ‘down’ at times, and the students had to wait for keypunches at peak periods. 1986 Micro Decision Oct. 48/2 If a server goes down for any reason—if someone kicks the power cable out, for example—the users attached to that server do not lose their work. 1999 C. Brookmyre One Fine Day in Middle of Night (2000) 165 Even if the main power goes down, there's a temporary back-up supply. 2007 C. Stross Halting State (2008) 261 All their suppliers' networks go down... And finally, all the Internet service providers..and cellcos go down. 9. intransitive. To be set down in writing; to be recorded or remembered. Cf. to go down in (also †to) history at history n. Phrases 1a. ΘΚΠ society > communication > writing > state of having been written > be written [verb (intransitive)] appearc1531 come1582 to go down1734 write1862 1734 Present State Republick Lett. 14 152 That Reverend and Learned Body..are bound..not to suffer any false Reports to go down to Posterity unreproved. 1735 H. Fielding Universal Gallant iv. 51 There is one thing which shall go down in my Pocket-book. 1883 Cambr. Staircase ii. 21 They would probably go down to posterity with more than an ordinary share of glory. 1888 B. L. Farjeon Miser Farebrother II. vii. 84 All this..went down on the account..and was debited against them. 1910 Masonic Voice Rev. Aug. 273/1 Aaron Burr went down as one of the greatest traitors in American political history. 1956 R. Galton & A. Simpson Hancock's Half-hour (1987) 56 Of course I keep a diary... Every little thing that happens in my life goes down in this book. 2006 B. Fritz & C. Murray Between Ropes iii. 145 Financially, 1997 went down as the worst year so far in company history. 10. intransitive. Of a light: to be dimmed or extinguished, esp. immediately prior to the start of a performance or show in a theatre, cinema, etc. ΚΠ 1839 Terre Haute (Indiana) Enquirer 25 Dec. As the lights went down on shore, we were on our way down the river. 1870 Observer 18 Dec. 3/5 On the approach of the barber's ghost the lights went down. 1940 M. Dickens Mariana iii. 62 I'll take you to the flickers and hold your hand when the lights go down. 1988 M. Bradbury Unsent Lett. 57 Then the lights go down, and we are left with Old Man..sitting..at his desk. 2012 D. Park Light of Amsterdam xiv. 303 The lights went down but it was only the warm-up band. 11. intransitive. British. To leave university or college, esp. following graduation. Chiefly with reference to Oxford and Cambridge universities. Cf. to go up 11b at Phrasal verbs 1. ΘΚΠ society > education > educational administration > university administration > [verb (intransitive)] > leave to come down1839 to go down1852 1852 C. A. Bristed Five Years Eng. University I. 86 After ‘division’ in the Michaelmas and Lent Terms, a student, who can assign a good plea for absence to the College authorities, may go down and take holiday for the rest of the time. 1861 J. A. Symonds Let. 4 Mar. (1967) I. 279 Another plan..is that I should go down myself next Term—take a Grace Term. 1883 Cambr. Staircase viii. 137 I am in college, and there I intend to remain till I go down. 1914 C. Mackenzie Sinister St. II. iii. xii. 738 Guy Hazlewood had gone down and was away in Macedonia, trying to fulfil a Balliol precept to mix yourself up in the affairs of other nations or your own as much as possible. 1955 Times 12 May 14/3 From the time he went down from Cambridge until war broke out in 1914. 2007 B. L. Edwards C. S. Lewis 157 Jack urged Griffiths to read more philosophy after going down from Oxford. 12. intransitive. slang (originally U.S.). To perform oral sex (on a person). ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sexual relations > sexual activity > oral sex > practise oral sex [verb (intransitive)] gamahuche1880 to go downc1895 Frenchc1928 gobble1928 suck1928 plate1961 to sit on a person's face1968 the world > physical sensation > sexual relations > sexual activity > oral sex > practise oral sex on or with [verb (transitive)] gamahuche?1788 to go downc1895 gam1910 eat1927 Frenchc1928 suck1928 plate1961 c1895 There was a Girl in Lewiston Town in Actionable Offenses: Indecent Phonogr. Recordings 1890s (2007) (transcript of song from CD) (O.E.D. Archive) There was a girl in Lewiston town, For a cigar she wouldn't go down. 1898 Pauline, Prima Donna vii. 147 Here I was in this strange woman's home, naked, in the most compromising position and being literally invited to ‘go down’ on her. 1914 in Jrnl. Hist. Sexuality (1995) 5 595 [The defendant]..is said to have practiced the infamy for more than nine years, being one who will ‘go down’ on another or will himself willingly and gladly submit to the outrage. 1959 N. Mailer Advts. for Myself (1961) 96 They're still in love... He goes down on her and everything, and she loves him. 1974 K. Millett Flying (1975) i. 53 I do not want her body. Do not want to see it, caress it, go down on it. 2002 A. Cumming Tommy's Tale (2004) 269 He's also got..a pierced cock that Bobby says is like having the xylophone played on his fillings when he goes down on him. 13. intransitive. Cards. a. Bridge. To fail to fulfil one's contract (sometimes by a specified number of tricks or points). ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > card game > bridge > play bridge [verb (intransitive)] > actions or tactics echo1885 peter1887 declare1895 false-card1902 finesse1902 to go over1902 to go down1905 switch1906 pass1908 exit1930 break1952 shoot1957 1905 ‘Cut-Cavendish’ Compl. Bridge Player 153 Let the finesse be made into the hand whence you would rather the lead sprung, in case of the finesse going down. 1933 A. G. Macdonell England, their England vi. 78 [He] had gone down 650 points above the line whereas he ought to have made two no-trumps. 1964 N. Squire Bidding at Bridge ii. 24 You may go down quite often in game contracts. 1997 E. Kantar Bridge for Dummies vii. 104 If you play a trump card early in the hand and remove the dummy's trump cards, you would not be able to trump your spade loser in the dummy, and you would go down. b. In any of various card games: (of a person) to put one's card or cards on the table; to declare one's hand. ΚΠ 1934 Neuphilologische Mitteilungen 35 131 To go down, to put one's hand down (as dummy). 1964 A. Wykes Gambling vii. 176 A player may declare his hand (‘go down’) when the unmatched cards in his hand count 10 or less. 2001 R. Russo Empire Falls (2002) 364 ‘I'm gonna go down with three.’ Horace seemed underwhelmed by this maneuver. 14. intransitive. slang. To be sent to prison. ΘΚΠ society > authority > punishment > imprisonment > be imprisoned [verb (intransitive)] wake1338 to lie by ita1644 to be in lumber1819 fall1874 to partake of (or enjoy) His (or Her) Majesty's hospitality1894 to go down1906 1906 C. E. B. Russell & L. M. Rigby Making of Criminal vi. 76 The charge against a lad for selling flowers in one of the main streets is followed..by his ‘going down’, as it is termed, for seven or fourteen days. 1906 C. E. B. Russell & L. M. Rigby Making of Criminal vi. 76 The same youth will ‘go down’ time after time, and become more reckless and indifferent with every repetition. 1920 E. Wallace Daffodil Myst. iii. 29 Twice Sam had gone down for a short term, and once for a long term of imprisonment. 1945 M. Allingham Coroner's Pidgin xvii. 142 He went down for eighteen months and is now in Italy pulling his weight, I believe. He's a crook, but not a traitor. 1964 M. Spillane Return of Hood i. 12 The fuzz would like me to go down. 2008 D. B. Frank Bull's Head 196 If he goes down for possession and distribution of illegal narcotics..where is she going to get her next fix? 15. intransitive. Esp. of a baby or child: to go or be put to bed, to go to sleep. Cf. to put down 12 at put v. Phrasal verbs 1. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > sleep > bed related to sleep or rest > go to bed or retire to rest [verb (intransitive)] to go to (one's) resteOE to take (one's) restc1175 to go to bedc1275 to lie downc1275 reposec1485 down-lie1505 bed1635 to turn in1695 retire1696 lay1768 to go to roost1829 to turn or peak the flukes1851 kip1889 doss1896 to hit the hay1912 to hit the deck1918 to go down1922 to bunk down1940 to hit the sack1943 to sack out1946 to sack down1956 1922 Appleton (Wisconsin) Post-Crescent 14 Jan. 9/6 If you'll excuse me I'll go down for a nap. 1945 Progress Bull. (Rochester Child Health Inst., Rochester, Minn.) 1 F-viii:2 The average baby of eight months wakes at about 7:30 a.m... She goes down to sleep after supper and sleeps soundly all through the night. 1996 Granta Autumn 58 He'll wake, and you'll nurse, and by the time he goes down again, I'll be ready. 2009 A. Roth Ooh, Baby! ix. 125 We get so little time together these days, and I try to play with her before she goes down for the night. 16. intransitive. slang (originally and chiefly U.S., originally in African-American usage). To happen, occur. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > occurrence > [verb (intransitive)] becomec888 i-tidec888 falleOE ywortheOE i-limp975 belimpOE i-timeOE worthOE tidea1131 goa1200 arearc1275 syec1275 betide1297 fere1297 risea1350 to come aboutc1350 overcomea1382 passa1393 comea1400 to come in (also to, on, etc.) placea1400 eschew?a1400 chevec1400 shapec1400 hold1462 to come (also go) to pass1481 proceed?1518 occura1522 bechance1527 overpass1530 sorta1535 succeed1537 adventurec1540 to fall toc1540 success1545 to fall forth1569 fadge1573 beword?1577 to fall in1578 happen1580 event1590 arrive1600 offer1601 grow1614 fudge1615 incur1626 evene1654 obvene1654 to take place1770 transpire1775 to go on1873 to show up1879 materialize1885 break1914 cook1932 to go down1946 1946 M. Mezzrow & B. Wolfe Really Blues 374 Go down, happen. 1956 ‘B. Holiday’ & W. Dufty Lady sings Blues xxi. 190 If they'd known about that they might never have let him off. Or they might have. In view of what went down later, who can say? 1970 It 12 Feb. 4/4 If everyone was aware of what went down in these organisations perhaps there would be enough response to keep them from petrifying and dying. 1992 Spin Mar. 37/3 What went down with the Korean woman who shot that black girl in L.A.? 2002 W. Self Dorian (2003) ix. 118 Clearly, shit had been going down. 17. intransitive. Philippine English. To alight from a vehicle; to get off a bus, train, etc., esp. at a specified stop. [After Tagalog bumaba to go down, alight, descend ( < baba down, with infix -um-, forming verbs).] ΚΠ 1993 A. Q. Pimentel Local Govt. Code 1991 22 [In 1910] the Supreme Court declared that a cochero was not negligent in leaving his horse unattended while helping his passengers go down from the carretela. 2010 Direct. Metro Manila in www.metromaniladirections.com (O.E.D. Archive) Take a bus going south (Baclaran or Alabang) or MRT and go down at Cubao. 2012 makemelodies.wordpress.com 23 Mar. (blog, accessed 22 Apr. 2014) And being Singapore noobs, we went down at the Marina Bay stop. < as lemmas |
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