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come down

 
Noun come down has 1 sense
  1. comedown - decline to a lower status or level
    --1 is a kind of humiliation, abasement
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
come and go come apart come around come away come back come before come by come close come down come down on somebody come forth come forward come hell or high water come home come in come in for come in handy

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