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English Dictionary: come down by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
come down
v
  1. 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"
    Synonym(s): descend, fall, go down, come down
    Antonym(s): arise, ascend, come up, go up, lift, move up, rise, uprise
  2. be the essential element; "The proposal boils down to a compromise"
    Synonym(s): reduce, come down, boil down
  3. fall from clouds; "rain, snow and sleet were falling"; "Vesuvius precipitated its fiery, destructive rage on Herculaneum"
    Synonym(s): precipitate, come down, fall
  4. get sick; "She fell sick last Friday, and now she is in the hospital"
    Synonym(s): sicken, come down
  5. criticize or reprimand harshly; "The critics came down hard on the new play"
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