Synonyms for come down
come down

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1. descend, fall, go down, come downverb

   move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way

   "The temperature is going down"; "The barometer is falling"; "The curtain fell on the diva"; "Her hand went up and then fell again"

   Synonyms:
   crash, boil down, shine, go down, light, accrue, diminish, set, strike, devolve, sicken, flow, precipitate, settle, go under, reduce, condescend, lessen, sink, deign, pass, descend, come, fall, return, decrease, derive, decline, wane, hang, fall down

2. reduce, come down, boil downverb

   be the essential element

   "The proposal boils down to a compromise"

   Synonyms:
   bring down, decoct, slim down, quash, boil down, foreshorten, trim down, slim, go down, cut, precipitate, trim back, descend, trim, slenderize, cut back, cut down, subjugate, thin out, shrink, sicken, fall, abridge, contract, melt off, subdue, scale down, concentrate, deoxidize, shorten, dilute, thin, reduce, deoxidise, abbreviate, keep down, lose weight, repress, tighten

3. precipitate, come down, fallverb

   fall from clouds

   "rain, snow and sleet were falling"; "Vesuvius precipitated its fiery, destructive rage on Herculaneum"

   Synonyms:
   shine, go down, accrue, strike, diminish, sicken, flow, precipitate, settle, reduce, light, lessen, devolve, pass, descend, come, fall, return, boil down, hang, decrease, fall down

4. sicken, come downverb

   get sick

   "She fell sick last Friday, and now she is in the hospital"

   Synonyms:
   fall, churn up, descend, turn one's stomach, go down, sicken, nauseate, precipitate, disgust, reduce, revolt, boil down

5. come downverb

   criticize or reprimand harshly

   "The critics came down hard on the new play"

   Synonyms:
   fall, descend, sicken, precipitate, reduce, go down, boil down

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1. • Become
   • Criticize
   • Move
   • Worsen

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1. come down

   Synonyms:
   descend, alight

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1. Maria Sharapova each:

   It's the last match of the season against an opponent I know really well, it is just going to come down to a little bit here or there.

2. Emma Thompson:

   The first time I was nominated, I didn't know anything about the Oscars. That was almost 15 years ago. I just did Oscar week and enjoyed it very much because I was with my mum. Even so, each time it's happened I've come down with some ghastly infection. It is overwhelming for people. It has nothing to do really at all with your performance. It comes down to if you get an Oscar for your film, then the revenue for your film goes up. They mean a great deal. I can't deny it.

3. Darren Lekkerkerker:

   You need to really be careful about owning those stocks, because as the commodity price comes down, when they have a lot of leverage, cash flow is really going to come down too, no one wants to own stocks where they may need to do an equity issue in order to shore up the balance sheet.

4. Keith Ludwig:

   If my flag has to come down, all the satellite dishes have to come down.

5. Dan Boria:

   That chair has to come down and there’s the possibility it could land on a person, a vehicle, a house and cause damage, this is where that plan wasn’t thought out very well.