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down

127Verbs

Argue down

Beat someone in a debate, discussion or argument

Back down

Retract or withdraw your position or proposal in an argument

Bargain down

Persuade someone to drop the price of something they're selling

Bed down

Sleep somewhere less comfortable than normal

Blow down

When the wind forces something to fall

Calm down

Stop being angry or emotionally excited

Climb down

Accept that you are wrong and change your position

Close down

Close a shop, branch or business permanently

Count down

Wait impatiently or excitedly for something to happen

Cut down

To reduce the amount of something.

Doss down

Sleep somewhere temporarily because you don't go home

Double down

Increase commitment to something, especially when this is risky

Drill down

Search through layers of information on a computer

Dumb down

Reduce the intellectual level of something in search of popularity

Dust down

Prepare something for use that hasn't been used for a while

Flag down

Signal at a vehicle to get it to stop

Get down

Make someone depressed, unhappy, exhausted, etc.

Hose down

Use a hose to wet, clean or wash something

Hunker down

Settle in a place as comfortably as possible to stay there

Hunt down

Search for someone to punish or kill them

Kip down

Sleep away from your home, often without planning to

Let down

Disappoint, fail to keep an arrangement

Level down

Make something worse, when you are meant to be making things more equal

Live down

Stop being embarrassed about something

Man down

Behave without courage or conviction

Mark down

Give a student a lower grade for a particular reason

Melt down

Heat something solid, especially metal, until it becomes liquid

Narrow down

Remove less important options to make it easier to choose

Note down

Write something short like a phone number for future reference.

Pass down

Transmit information or give property to younger generations

Pin down

Get a fixed idea, opinion, etc, from someone.

Play down

Try to make something seem less important

Plump down

Put something in a place without taking care

Power down

Cut the electricity supply to a computer or electronic device

Put down

Kill an animal because it's old, ill, etc.

Round down

Reduce a number to the nearest whole number or number ending in zero

Rub down

Dry or clean something with a cloth

Scale down

Make something smaller than originally planned

Shout down

Make so much noise to stop someone being heard

Sit down

To take a seat. Help someone to sit.

Stand down

Leave a job or position so that someone else can take it

Stare down

Look at someone until they cannot look at you

Step down

Leave a job or position so that someone can take over

Stick down

Write something quickly or without thinking about it

Strip down

Remove parts to make something more efficient or basic

Talk down

Try to make something sound less important

Tie down

Secure something to prevent it moving

Trade down

Sell something and replace it with something cheaper

Trickle down

Pass benefits from economic expansion through the economy to the less fortunate

Wash down

Drink in order to swallow something solid

Water down

Make something weaker and less effective

Wave down

Make a hand signal to stop a vehicle

Winnow down

Reduce the size of a group of people or things to have the best

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