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come down, v.
freq. cnt. 18
more info move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way
<verb.motion>   freq. cnt.: 58 freq. cnt.: 21 freq. cnt.: 14 freq. cnt.: 12 freq. cnt.: 11

come down descend fall go down

sample sentences

"The temperature is going down"
"The barometer is falling"
"The curtain fell on the diva"
"Her hand went up and then fell again"

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The airplane is sure to %s

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lexical pointers
derivationally related form
fall
antonym
rise
also see
fall in
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
descendent descendant descent
antonym
ascend
semantic pointers
hyponym
prolapse rappel, abseil, rope down dismount, get down, unhorse, light, get off avalanche, roll down dive, plunge, plunk set, go down, go under decline, slump, correct precipitate sink, subside crash flop tumble, topple drop plop pitch climb down, alight go down, settle, sink, go under swoop, pounce drip cascade, cascade down
hypernym
go, move, travel, locomote
more info be the essential element
<verb.change>   freq. cnt.: 6 freq. cnt.: 3 freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 1

boil down come down reduce

sample sentences

"The proposal boils down to a compromise"

verb frames

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lexical pointers
derivationally related form
reducible
semantic pointers
hypernym
become, turn
more info get sick
<verb.body>   freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

come down sicken

sample sentences

"She fell sick last Friday, and now she is in the hospital"

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semantic pointers
hypernym
decline, worsen
hyponym
wan get, contract, take canker
more info fall from clouds
<verb.weather>   freq. cnt.: 5 freq. cnt.: 4 freq. cnt.: 1

come down fall precipitate

sample sentences

"rain, snow and sleet were falling"
"Vesuvius precipitated its fiery, destructive rage on Herculaneum"

verb frames

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lexical pointers
derivationally related form
precipitation precipitation
semantic pointers
verb group
fall
hyponym
rain, rain down spat snow hail sleet
entailment
condense, distill, distil
more info criticize or reprimand harshly
<verb.communication>

come down

sample sentences

"The critics came down hard on the new play"

verb frames

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semantic pointers
hypernym
criticize, criticise, knock, pick apart