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Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th
go down
▪ I. ˌgo ˈdown derived 1. to fall to the ground •She tripped and went down with a bump. 2. if a ship, etc. goes down, it disappears below the water Syn: ↑sink 3. when the sun or moon goes down, it disappears below the ↑horizon Syn: ↑set 4. if food or drink will/will not go down, it is easy/difficult to swallow •A glass of wine would go down very nicely (= I would very much like one). 5. if the price of sth, the temperature, etc. goes down, it becomes lower Syn: ↑fall • The price of oil is going down. • Oil is going down in price. Opp: ↑go up 6. (informal)to get worse in quality •The neighbourhood has gone down a lot recently. 7. (computing)to stop working temporarily •The system is going down in ten minutes. 8. (NAmE, informal)to happen • You really don't know what's going down? Main entry: ↑goderived ▪ II. ˌgo ˈdown (from…) derived (BrE, formal)to leave a university, especially Oxford or Cambridge, at the end of a term or after finishing your studies •She went down (from Cambridge) in 2008. Opp: ↑go up Main entry: ↑goderived ▪ III. ˌgo ˈdown (in sth) derived to be written in sth; to be recorded or remembered in sth • It all goes down (= she writes it all) in her notebook. •He will go down in history as a great statesman. Main entry: ↑goderived ▪ IV. ˌgo ˈdown (on sb) derived (slang)to perform ↑oral sex on sb (= to use the mouth to give sb sexual pleasure) Main entry: ↑goderived ▪ V. ˌgo ˈdown (to sb) derived to be defeated by sb, especially in a game or competition •Italy went down to Brazil by three goals to one. Main entry: ↑goderived ▪ VI. ˌgo ˈdown (to…) (from…) derived to go from one place to another, especially further south or from a city or large town to a smaller place •They've gone down to Brighton for a couple of days. Opp: ↑go up Main entry: ↑goderived ▪ VII. ˌgo ˈdown (with sb) derived to be received in a particular way by sb •The suggestion didn't go down very well with her boss. Main entry: ↑goderived
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