go down

• Verbe à particule utilisé pour indiquer un mouvement vers une position plus basse, une diminution, ou le fait d'être noté/enregistré d'une certaine manière.

A phrasal verb used to indicate moving to a lower position, decreasing, or being recorded or remembered in a particular way.

indénombrable · verbe irrégulier · intransitif · phrasal, inséparable

1. Decrease or reduceformal

   To become lower in amount, level, or value.

   diminuer

   • The price of oil went down significantly last month.
   • Temperatures will go down below freezing tonight.
   • His popularity went down after the scandal.

   Synonymesdeclinedecreasediminishdropfalllessenplummetplungereducesink

   Antonymesclimbgrowincreaserisesoarsurge

2. Descend or move downwardformal

   To move from a higher position to a lower one.

   descendre

   • She went down the stairs carefully.
   • The elevator went down to the basement.
   • He went down the hill on his bicycle.

   Synonymescome downdeclinedescenddivedropfallplungesink

   Antonymesascendclimbmountrise

3. Be recorded or rememberedinformal

   To be written down or remembered in a particular way.

   passer à la postérité

   • This day will go down in history as a turning point.
   • His speech went down as one of the best ever given.
   • The event will go down in the company's records.

4. Be accepted or receivedinformal

   To be received or accepted in a particular way by an audience.

   Être accueilli / reçu

   • The joke went down well with the crowd.
   • Her proposal went down badly with the board members.
   • The new policy went down smoothly with the employees.

   Synonymesland

Verbe de basego