Definition of "go down"

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see go,‎ down.  quotations  examples

To descend; to move from a higher place to a lower one.

1. (intransitive, of a heavenly body) Synonym of set, to disappear below the horizon.  quotations  examples

   Quotations

   • You can be heroic and start the process of truly saving the world before the Sun goes down tonight.

     2010, Stefan Molyneux, Heroism‎

2. (intransitive) To decrease; to change from a greater value to a lesser one.  examples

3. (intransitive) To fall (down); to fall to the floor.  examples

4. (aviation, intransitive) To crash.  examples

5. (nautical, of a ship or boat) To sink.  quotations  examples

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   • Courageous went down about an hour ago. Glorious also went down toward the end of the battle, cause unknown. Lion is grounded in the shadows of Terschelling, and will not be recoverable. All of the other battlecruisers have medium to heavy damage of one degree or another, with the exception of Renown, which avoided shell damage but took a torpedo at the last moment and is heading home under tow, and, of course, New Zealand, whose sole casualty is a stoker overcome with heat exhaustion.

     2018 October 17, Drachinifel, 27:01 from the start, in Last Ride of the High Seas Fleet - Battle of Texel 1918‎, archived from the original on 4 August 2022

   • […] meanwhile, Biloxi and Vincennes are both in the process of going down and being abandoned, whilst Miami is right on the knife-edge of being recoverable, with three destroyers clustering around offering pumping and additional damage-control crews to try and keep the light cruiser afloat.

     2021 May 5, Drachinifel, 43:40 from the start, in Battle of Samar - What if TF34 was there?‎, archived from the original on 19 August 2022

(intransitive) To be received or accepted.

1. (intransitive, UK, colloquial) To be pleasant, etc., when eaten or drunk.  examples

(intransitive) To be blamed for something; to be the scapegoat; to go to prison.  examples

(intransitive) To be recorded or remembered (as).  quotations  examples

(intransitive, slang) To take place, happen.  quotations

(intransitive, with on) To perform oral sex.  quotations  examples

(intransitive, computing, engineering) To stop functioning, to go offline.  quotations  examples

(intransitive, slang) To be soundly defeated.  quotations

(intransitive, Oxbridge slang, dated) To physically leave one's university, either permanently or in some other non-transient sense (such as following the end of term).