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go down

 
See:
go
part of speech: phrase
definition 1: to decrease or descend.
We'll postpone our trip till the price of the tickets goes down.This elevator doesn't go down to the basement.
definition 2: to disappear from sight below the horizon; set.
What time does the sun go down this evening?We sat outside till the sun went down.
synonyms:
set
similar words:
sink
definition 3: to be capable of being swallowed; be ingested.
These pills go down well with milk.
definition 4: to be defeated; fail.
The troops fought hard, but they went down in the end.
synonyms:
fail, lose, succumb
similar words:
yield
definition 5: to be received in a certain (specified) way by listeners.
I thought his speech went down extremely well.His kind of jokes don't go down very well with this type of audience.