went down; gone down; going down; goes down
1
2
a
: to drop to a lower level
prices going down
b
: to become smaller
The swelling has gone down.
c
: to become less bright
The lights went down as the movie started.
3
—used to say how easy or hard it is to swallow something
The medicine went down easily.
4
a
: to please or agree with one
—used with with and an adverb
My suggestion didn't go down well with the boss.
b
: to come to be remembered especially in posterity
Will they go down in history as great leaders?
5
British
: to leave a university
6
a
: to lose or fail
went down in the third round
b
chiefly British
: to become incapacitated
… went down with … acute tonsillitis …—
Helen Cathcart
Helen Cathcart
c
of a computer, system, etc.
: to stop working
The network went down this morning.
7
slang
: to take place : happen
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Examples of godown in a Sentence
Verb
when's the drug deal supposed to go down?
Recent Examples on the Web
Lauren Mowery,
Forbes.com,
31 May 2026
Everything surfeit went to the property’s godown.
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Rafil Kroll-Zaidi,
Harper’s Magazine ,
7 Dec. 2021
Tegh Singh arrives and unloads his bundles of blossoms in Kapoor’s godown, an open-air stone courtyard that serves as the distillery.
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Rachna Sachasinh,
National Geographic ,
4 Jan. 2021
From across the Singapore River this trio of former godowns (warehouses) cuts a striking profile.
—
Cnt Editors,
Condé Nast Traveler,
1 May 2018
Alex Jhamb Burns,
Condé Nast Traveler,
4 July 2026
This turned a great explorer into a great survivor, as the voyage went down in legend for the extraordinary escape by those on board and a heroically safe return.
—
Adam Crafton,
New York Times,
4 July 2026
This start, one which set the tone for the Giants’ 15-3 blowout loss to the Colorado Rockies, will go down as one of the worst of his career.
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Justice Delos Santos,
Mercury News,
4 July 2026
And mortgage rates won’t go down until government debts and deficits go down — since the housing market competes for borrowing with the federal government.
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Andy Harris,
Baltimore Sun,
4 July 2026
Model Karlie Kloss shared a photo of her and Swift — who was dressed in a red, white and blue striped one-piece — holding hands while going down the slide.
—
Joyann Jeffrey,
PEOPLE,
4 July 2026
When the sun goes down, Fields Avenue comes alive with bars, restaurants, and clubs that keep the neighborhood busy late into the night.
—
Lauren Dana Ellman,
Travel + Leisure,
4 July 2026
But this March, the scores for Supergirl actually went down when DC Studios held a bakeoff, testing competing cuts from filmmaker Craig Gillespie and from the studio, run by James Gunn and Peter Safran.
—
Borys Kit,
HollywoodReporter,
3 July 2026
Days of rampant media speculation led up to the big event on Friday, but the Associated Press confirmed the morning of that the nuptials are in fact going down on July 3 at MSG.
—
Jack Dunn,
Variety,
3 July 2026
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Noun
Hotel turns three 1890s godowns, the old riverside warehouses where traders once stored their goods, into a 37-room boutique hotel on Robertson Quay.
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Lauren Mowery,
Forbes.com,
31 May 2026
Everything surfeit went to the property’s godown.
—
Rafil Kroll-Zaidi,
Harper’s Magazine ,
7 Dec. 2021
Tegh Singh arrives and unloads his bundles of blossoms in Kapoor’s godown, an open-air stone courtyard that serves as the distillery.
—
Rachna Sachasinh,
National Geographic ,
4 Jan. 2021
From across the Singapore River this trio of former godowns (warehouses) cuts a striking profile.
—
Cnt Editors,
Condé Nast Traveler,
1 May 2018
Verb
Like any good Sheridan show, gratuitous violence and clichéd wisdom are doled out with abandon, the spoonful of sugar to help the medicine—in this case ranching gone awry—go down.
—
Alex Jhamb Burns,
Condé Nast Traveler,
4 July 2026
This turned a great explorer into a great survivor, as the voyage went down in legend for the extraordinary escape by those on board and a heroically safe return.
—
Adam Crafton,
New York Times,
4 July 2026
This start, one which set the tone for the Giants’ 15-3 blowout loss to the Colorado Rockies, will go down as one of the worst of his career.
—
Justice Delos Santos,
Mercury News,
4 July 2026
And mortgage rates won’t go down until government debts and deficits go down — since the housing market competes for borrowing with the federal government.
—
Andy Harris,
Baltimore Sun,
4 July 2026
Model Karlie Kloss shared a photo of her and Swift — who was dressed in a red, white and blue striped one-piece — holding hands while going down the slide.
—
Joyann Jeffrey,
PEOPLE,
4 July 2026
When the sun goes down, Fields Avenue comes alive with bars, restaurants, and clubs that keep the neighborhood busy late into the night.
—
Lauren Dana Ellman,
Travel + Leisure,
4 July 2026
But this March, the scores for Supergirl actually went down when DC Studios held a bakeoff, testing competing cuts from filmmaker Craig Gillespie and from the studio, run by James Gunn and Peter Safran.
—
Borys Kit,
HollywoodReporter,
3 July 2026
Days of rampant media speculation led up to the big event on Friday, but the Associated Press confirmed the morning of that the nuptials are in fact going down on July 3 at MSG.
—
Jack Dunn,
Variety,
3 July 2026
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“Godown.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/godown. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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