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go down

verb

Definition of go down

slang

as in to happen

to take place when's the drug deal supposed to go down?

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Recent Examples of go down But for the size of the set, this was a show that could almost as easily have gone down at Buck Owens’ Crystal Palace as at the Greek. — Chris Willman, Variety, 16 Oct. 2026 Meanwhile, some gave the Chinese metropolis reasons to keep moving after the runway lights went down. — Tianwei Zhang, Footwear News, 16 Oct. 2026 He was shot and went down inside the school shortly after officers arrived, police spokesperson Sheila Miller said. — Alanna Durkin Richer, Los Angeles Times, 15 Oct. 2026 What actually went down between Love and Kathleen Hannah backstage at ’95 Lollapalooza? — Andrew Unterberger, Billboard, 15 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for go down

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His big adult break happened when visiting his sister in San Francisco in 1954.

— Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 15 Oct. 2026
Researchers can model what happens if copper prices increase sharply or if a newer technology becomes commercially viable years from now.

— Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 15 Oct. 2026

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The exact timeline for when these AI companies go public is still in flux, but there is no doubt that new wealth will be coming online soon, and some of it is already here.

— Melissa Stevens, Fortune, 17 Oct. 2026
There are believed to be two adult owls, and some photographers have claimed to have seen six fledglings, Barrett added.

— JOSEPH FREDERICK, Arkansas Online, 17 Oct. 2026

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