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To go down something such as a slope or a pipe means to go towards the ground or to a lower level. We're going down a mountain A man came down the stairs to meet them The tears began flooding down her cheeks. up Down is also an adverb. She went down to the kitchen again She sat on the window seat until they climbed down from the roof

Down to a particular detail means including everything, even that detail. Down to a particular person means including everyone, even that person. from the chairman right down to the tea ladies

If you are a particular distance down something, you are that distance below the top or surface of it. He managed to cling on to a ledge 40ft down the rock face up Down is also an adverb. For the last 18 months miners have cut a face to develop a new shaft 400 metres down

up and down: see up ups and downs: see up

If you pay money down on something, you pay part of the money you owe for it. He paid 20 percent down. see also put down

down PREPOSITION AND ADVERB USES ; Down is often used with verbs of movement, such as `fall' and `pull', and also in phrasal verbs such as `bring down' and `calm down'. Please look at category

You use down to say that you are looking or facing in a direction that is towards the ground or towards a lower level. She was still looking down at her papers She put her head down, her hands over her face up

If you are down to a certain amount of something, you have only that amount left. The poor man's down to his last £3

If you are travelling to a particular place, you can say that you are going down to that place, especially if you are going towards the south or to a lower level of land. I went down to L.A. all the way from Seattle

If someone or something is down for a particular thing, it has been arranged that they will do that thing, or that thing will happen. Mark had told me that he was down for an interview

If a situation is down to a particular person or thing, it has been caused by that person or thing. Any mistakes are entirely down to us

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If an amount of something goes down, it decreases. If an amount of something is down, it has decreased and is at a lower level than it was. Interest rates came down today Inflation will be down to three percent My department had a healthy interest in keeping expenses down The Dow Jones industrial average is down 5 points at 2,913. up

If you say that there are a number of things down and a number to go, you are saying how many of the things have already been dealt with and how many remain to be dealt with. Thirteen months down, twenty-four years to go

If you put something down, you put it onto a surface. Danny put down his glass

disapproval If people shout `down with' something or someone, they are saying that they dislike them and want to get rid of them. Demonstrators chanted `down with the rebels'

If you go or look down something such as a road or river, you go or look along it. If you are down a road or river, you are somewhere along it. They set off at a jog up one street and down another sailing down the river on a barge. up

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