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
see also go down on
Examples of godown in a Sentence
Verb
when's the drug deal supposed to go down?
Recent Examples on the Web
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
Ben Smith, semafor.com, 31 Jan. 2026
When stuff like that happens and the main guy goes down, the other guys have to rally.
—Joseph Dycus, Mercury News, 31 Jan. 2026
This super cute manicure features red, coral, and pink wavy stripes going down the middle of each nail like a winding road, while little white hearts and dots dance down the line.
—Kara Jillian Brown, InStyle, 31 Jan. 2026
In the alley where Jenkins' body was found 10 hours later, many buildings and homes have security cameras that will record any car or person going down the alley.
—Jermont Terry, CBS News, 31 Jan. 2026
Anyone who has watched Survivor knows vagaries are the enemy of success, and ultimately the ringleader of Glam, Ciara, still goes down this week.
—Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 31 Jan. 2026
But the options aren’t great if their star, Lukáš Dostál, goes down.
—The Athletic Nhl Staff, New York Times, 31 Jan. 2026
The state’s agriculture and tourism industries could take a hit as the thermometer goes down this weekend across the state.
—Michael Butler, Miami Herald, 30 Jan. 2026
But Yam Yam would not go down quietly.
—Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 30 Jan. 2026
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Noun
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
Our team actually went down a rabbit hole really just studying this category of books because there are a lot of folks that didn’t even really know that this genre existed or existed in such volume and that there was so much fandom around it.
—Ben Smith, semafor.com, 31 Jan. 2026
When stuff like that happens and the main guy goes down, the other guys have to rally.
—Joseph Dycus, Mercury News, 31 Jan. 2026
This super cute manicure features red, coral, and pink wavy stripes going down the middle of each nail like a winding road, while little white hearts and dots dance down the line.
—Kara Jillian Brown, InStyle, 31 Jan. 2026
In the alley where Jenkins' body was found 10 hours later, many buildings and homes have security cameras that will record any car or person going down the alley.
—Jermont Terry, CBS News, 31 Jan. 2026
Anyone who has watched Survivor knows vagaries are the enemy of success, and ultimately the ringleader of Glam, Ciara, still goes down this week.
—Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 31 Jan. 2026
But the options aren’t great if their star, Lukáš Dostál, goes down.
—The Athletic Nhl Staff, New York Times, 31 Jan. 2026
The state’s agriculture and tourism industries could take a hit as the thermometer goes down this weekend across the state.
—Michael Butler, Miami Herald, 30 Jan. 2026
But Yam Yam would not go down quietly.
—Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 30 Jan. 2026
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“Godown.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/godown. Accessed 2 Feb. 2026.
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