LEARNit Dictionary

go down

phrasal verb
1
A2
if the price of something, the temperature, etc. goes down, it becomes lower
کاهش یافتن, پایین آمدن
opposite go up(1)
2
to fall to the ground
افتادن, زمین خوردن
She tripped and went down with a bump.
3
if a ship, etc. goes down, it disappears below the water
غرق شدن, به زیر آب رفتن, فرو رفتن در آب
synonym sink
4
when the sun or moon goes down, it disappears below the horizon
غروب کردن
synonym set
5
if food or drink will/will not go down, it is easy/difficult to swallow
بلعیده شدن, قورت دادن, بلعیدن
A cold drink would go down very nicely .
6
to get worse in quality
خراب شدن, بدتر شدن, وخیم‌تر شدن
The neighbourhood has gone down a lot recently.
7
to stop working temporarily
از کار افتادن, قطع شدن
The system is going down in ten minutes.
8
to happen
اتفاق افتادن, پیش آمدن, رخ دادن
You really don't know what's going down?
9
to be sent to prison
به زندان افتادن, زندانی شدن
She went down for ten years.
10
to leave a university, especially Oxford or Cambridge, at the end of a term or after finishing your studies
ترک کردن دانشگاه, فارغ‌التحصیل شدن, پایان دادن به تحصیل در دانشگاه
She went down (from Cambridge) in 2018.
opposite go up (to…)
11
to be written in something; to be recorded or remembered in something
ثبت شدن, در جایی نوشته شدن, ثبت شدن در تاریخ, به یاد سپرده شدن
It all goes down in her notebook.
He will go down in history as a great statesman.
12
to perform oral sex on somebody (= to use the mouth to give somebody sexual pleasure)
سکس دهانی انجام دادن, رابطه جنسی دهانی داشتن, با دهان به کسی لذت جنسی دادن
13
to be defeated by somebody, especially in a game or competition
شکست خوردن, مغلوب شدن, متحمل شکست شدن
Italy went down to Brazil by three goals to one.
14
to go from one place to another, especially further south or from a city or large town to a smaller place
سفر به جنوب, عازم شدن به مناطق جنوبی, رفتن به مناطق دور از شهر, سفر کردن به جنوب, جابه‌جا شدن به مناطق کوچکتر
They've gone down to Brighton for a couple of days.
opposite go up (to…) (from…)
15
to be received in a particular way by somebody
پذیرفته شدن
The suggestion didn't go down very well with her boss.
The novel went down well with the public.