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came down

 
Verb come down has 5 senses
  1. descend, fall, go down, come down - 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"
    --1 is one way to travel, go, move, locomote
    Sample sentence:
    The airplane is sure to come down
  2. reduce, come down, boil down - be the essential element; "The proposal boils down to a compromise"
    --2 is one way to become, turn
    Sample sentence:
    Something is ----ing PP
  3. precipitate, come down, fall - fall from clouds; "rain, snow and sleet were falling"; "Vesuvius precipitated its fiery, destructive rage on Herculaneum"
    Sample sentences:
    Something ----s
    Somebody ----s something
  4. sicken, come down - get sick; "She fell sick last Friday, and now she is in the hospital"
    --4 is one way to worsen, decline
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s
  5. come down - criticize or reprimand harshly; "The critics came down hard on the new play"
    --5 is one way to
    knock, criticize, criticise, pick apart
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s PP
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