Thesaurus results for WENT DOWN

went down

verb

past tense of go down, slang

as in happened

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

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Recent Examples of went down Coke may not have been involved, but clearly something went down, because Combs was taken to a local hospital early on October 10 with something wrong with his noggin. — Dominic Patten, Deadline, 15 Oct. 2026 With the flash of red taillights flickering outside of the stadium, a sign of fans already heading for the exits, the Dodgers went down in order to end the game. — Maddie Lee, 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 And though his teammates were also lackadaisical when Daniels was sacked, the fact the quarterback went down with the ball in his hands with no timeouts in the first place is a real issue that Parsons believes trumps any other argument. — Scott Thompson Outkick, FOXNews.com, 14 Oct. 2026 And in the ninth, Trent Grisham went down swinging against Rays closer Bryan Baker for the final out, stranding a runner at second. — Peter Sblendorio, New York Daily News, 8 Oct. 2026 On this day in 1972, a plane went down carrying a rugby team. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 8 Oct. 2026 The woman left the tent, went down the hill, and found a witness who helped her call police. — Senior Editor, CBS News, 8 Oct. 2026 Christian Yelich then cracked a 107 mph line drive up the middle, where Bogaerts went down to his knees to field it on a short hop and scampered to touch second base before throwing out Yelich at first to end it. — ABC News, 7 Oct. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for went down

Verb

Here’s what happened outside before the doors officially unlocked.

— Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Observer, 17 Oct. 2026
Had that not happened the team would have had to most likely play at Gateway Center Arena — its usual home that seats 3,500.

— ABC News, ABC News, 17 Oct. 2026

Definition of happened

Verb

Decisions rarely happened categorically or in bulk; everything came down to whether the specific thing in front of you—that book, this shop—was good enough to draw you in.

— Nathan Heller, New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2026
Marsh's foot came down just out of bounds, however, and Ohio State hung on to the 19-15 win.

— Ian Miller OutKick, FOXNews.com, 19 Oct. 2026

Definition of came down

Verb

We were inspired from how many great discoveries that went on to revolutionize science and medicine came about from looking around in nature and finding these odd things—PCR [polymerase chain reaction] tests, for example, or CRISPR.

— Adam Kovac, Scientific American, 14 Oct. 2026
Alou reacted demonstrably, and the Marlins went on to score eight runs in the inning, sending 12 batters to the plate, as Cubs shortstop Alex Gonzalez botched a routine double-play ball.

— Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 14 Oct. 2026