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(transitive) To haggle with (a person) to reach a lower price.
v
(transitive) To push (someone) to the ground; to defeat, overcome.
v
To approach someone in a very determined way.
v
(transitive) To forcefully diminish the power or influence of; to quell; to squash.
v
(transitive) To put an animal to rest for the night.
v
(idiomatic, intransitive, slang) To go (to a place or event).
v
(idiomatic) To fail; to collapse; to worsen; to enter a state of disarray.
v
(intransitive) To begin suddenly; to emerge in a certain condition.
v
(transitive) To make a ruler lose their position of power.
v
Alternative form of take down a notch [(transitive, idiomatic, of a person or organization) To cause a person's or group's self-esteem or importance to be decreased.]
v
Alternative form of take down a notch [(transitive, idiomatic, of a person or organization) To cause a person's or group's self-esteem or importance to be decreased.]
v
(idiomatic) To treat very harshly.
v
(idiomatic) To garner enthusiastic or wild applause or laughter.
v
Alternative form of cut down to size [To humble or humiliate, especially someone or something that is perceived as overly domineering or too proud.]
v
Alternative form of bring down the house [(idiomatic) To garner enthusiastic or wild applause or laughter.]
v
(idiomatic) To disregard (something), to dismiss or ignore (someone), as unimportant.
v
(intransitive) to reluctantly accept something, due to the pressure.
n
A systematic, gradual reduction in the number of something (especially nuclear weapons), normally by destroying more than are built.
v
To pray for; to request from God.
v
(transitive) To make (a person) discouraged or dejected.
v
(transitive) To run towards something in an effort to stop it going forward.
v
(intransitive) To cease to function due to a sudden breakdown; to fail suddenly and completely.
v
(intransitive) To be demolished.
v
(transitive) To punish or criticize.
v
Synonym of come down the pike
v
Synonym of come down the pike
v
(idiomatic, of an event, thing, person) To be brought back to reality; to emerge from a daydream.
v
To lay down (money) in payment; to pay.
v
(intransitive, informal) to stop functioning
v
(idiomatic, often with 'on') To take harsh action (against), as when enforcing a law more stringently than before.
v
(transitive, archaic) Publicly to forbid or suppress (something).
v
Alternative form of deep six [(idiomatic) To discard, get rid of, or cancel; to completely put an end to something.]
v
(intransitive, of a computer program) To abort, to terminate (as an error condition).
v
(intransitive, colloquial) To leave.
v
(transitive, idiomatic) To spend some of a source of money (such as one's savings).
v
(idiomatic) To belittle or intimidate
v
(transitive) To cause to collapse in the manner of dominoes.
v
(transitive, figuratively) To defeat; to overpower.
n
(slang) Among the Hash House Harriers, a penalty in which an individual must down his or her drink.
v
(transitive) To push or press downwards.
v
To dismay, reject, demote, or render lowly.
v
(transitive) To lower (curtains, a portcullis, etc.).
v
(transitive, idiomatic) To scold.
v
(idiomatic) to examine information at another level or in greater detail; especially in a database, to navigate to a more detailed level or record
v
To force a price, value, etc. to go down.
v
(UK, idiomatic) To commit a faux pas, especially in speech, such as by tactlessly speaking of a subject that should not be mentioned.
v
(idiomatic, slang) To make a telephone call.
v
(transitive, simile, informal) To cease contact or a relationship with someone as quickly as possible.
v
(simile, of members of a group, especially soldiers) To die en masse, one after the other.
v
(idiomatic, euphemistic, colloquial, humorous) To die.
v
Synonym of lower one's guard
v
(Canada, idiomatic) To call a federal or provincial election.
n
One who suddenly leaves anything, or the act of doing so.
v
(intransitive, Internet slang) To put down on social media [+ on (object)].
v
(transitive) To thrust out; to cause to protrude.
v
(transitive, idiomatic) To confront; to abash by stern looks.
v
To enter the company of a group (of people, animals etc.), especially by chance and unexpectedly, and suddenly.
v
To collapse so that the remains are on top of.
v
(literally) To fall headlong forwards, notionally hitting one's face on the ground.
v
(motor racing, tyres) suddenly decline dramatically in performance
v
(chiefly US, idiomatic) To be naive, uninformed, or unsophisticated, in the manner of a rustic person.
v
To experience; to suffer; to fall upon.
v
(literally) To come out of something by falling.
v
(intransitive, idiomatic, informal, computing) Of a computer program or system, to crash.
v
(informal) To fall apart.
v
(transitive) To strike down, kill, destroy.
v
(transitive) To suppress (a feeling or emotion).
v
(transitive, intransitive) To (cause to) come off in flakes.
v
(intransitive) To be knocked down or laid low.
v
To strike down or lay level with the floor; to knock down.
v
(intransitive) To fall heavily due to lack of energy.
v
(transitive) To criticise
v
(transitive, informal) To point one's firearm at another person, thereby gaining dominance in a situation.
v
To collapse or break under physical stresses.
v
(intransitive) To be received or accepted.
v
(simile) To be received negatively by others.
v
(simile) To be received negatively by others.
v
(simile, informal) To fall hard and fast; to fall ungracefully.
v
(intransitive) To fall on the floor
v
(idiomatic, transitive) To weaken someone's morale over a long period.
v
(transitive) To violently cause to fall to the ground.
v
(informal) To drop to a lying or other low position, especially quickly.
v
(intransitive, idiomatic) To fail; to decline.
v
(transitive) To destroy by persecution or violence.
v
(rare) Usually followed by into: to fall or glide; to pass.
v
(intransitive, idiomatic) To die.
v
(transitive) To cause not to increase or rise.
v
To break or demolish something by physical bodily force.
v
(UK, slang) To sleep somewhere other than home, forced to do so by circumstances.
v
(transitive, usually passive) To disassemble for shipment.
v
Alternative form of take down a notch [(transitive, idiomatic, of a person or organization) To cause a person's or group's self-esteem or importance to be decreased.]
v
(idiomatic) Alternative form of take down a notch [(transitive, idiomatic, of a person or organization) To cause a person's or group's self-esteem or importance to be decreased.]
v
Alternative form of cut down to size [To humble or humiliate, especially someone or something that is perceived as overly domineering or too proud.]
v
(transitive) To remove, as a discount or estimate.
n
A collection of parts required to assemble a product, typically manufactured in one region and exported elsewhere for assembly.
v
(intransitive) To rain heavily.
v
(transitive) To intentionally take a fall while riding a motorcycle, in order to prevent a more serious collision.
v
(idiomatic, intransitive, of a vehicle) To accelerate so rapidly from standstill that it leaves a mark of burnt rubber on the road from the tire.
v
(idiomatic, transitive) To completely demolish, to raze.
adj
Alternative form of easy as falling off a log [(simile, colloquial) Very easy.]
v
To make ready or prepare (a bed).
v
(transitive) To reduce in manpower.
v
(transitive) To cut down, especially in large numbers.
v
(firearms, transitive) To alter (a cartridge) by forcing it into a smaller calibre and size.
v
(transitive) To frisk, pat down
v
(idiomatic, transitive) To make or attempt to make something seem less important, likely, or obvious.
v
(US, transitive) To pay.
v
(transitive) To send forth from, as in a stream; to discharge uninterruptedly.
v
To fall on to the buttocks.
v
(transitive) To speak vehemently against; to decry.
v
(transitive) To demolish or destroy (a building etc.).
v
Alternative form of take down a notch [(transitive, idiomatic, of a person or organization) To cause a person's or group's self-esteem or importance to be decreased.]
v
Alternative form of take down a notch [(transitive, idiomatic, of a person or organization) To cause a person's or group's self-esteem or importance to be decreased.]
v
(UK) To make prices, or taxes, lower.
v
To take an item down from a high shelf or the like.
v
(transitive) To treat with severity.
v
(intransitive, telephony, Britain, Australia) To disconnect at the end of a phone call.
v
(intransitive, idiomatic) to be transferred with little or no effort
v
(transitive) To crush; to overthrow; to overbear.
v
(intransitive) to come apart, from the process of rusting.
v
To violently cause to fall down.
v
(figuratively) To stop functioning; to come to a halt.
v
(idiomatic) To betray a person; to conspire against someone for personal gain.
v
(transitive, idiomatic) To betray, especially in a manner which causes serious difficulty for the one betrayed.
v
(transitive, UK, Ireland, usually Oxbridge slang, dated) To suspend or expel (an undergraduate) from university.
v
(obsolete, transitive) To humiliate.
n
Alternative form of setdown [The act of setting down something or someone.]
n
(dated) A retort or a reproof that has a humbling effect.
v
(transitive) To shake someone so money falls from their pockets.
v
(idiomatic, informal, of a person) To go somewhere.
v
(transitive) To cause to fall by shooting.
v
(transitive) To shout louder than (someone) in order to force through one's argument or point of view.
n
An event when someone shouts down (shouts louder than) someone in order to force through one's argument or point of view.
v
(transitive) to pull down forcefully.
v
(transitive) To make by digging or delving.
v
(slang, intransitive) To fall off or fall over.
v
(transitive) To cause to fall down and break by hitting it hard.
v
To break out; to escape.
v
To write something casually.
v
(transitive, idiomatic) To suit perfectly.
v
(idiomatic) To fall in price or value.
v
To remove something from a hanging position.
v
(transitive, idiomatic, of a person or organization) To cause a person's or group's self-esteem or importance to be decreased.
v
(idiomatic) Alternative form of take down a notch [(transitive, idiomatic, of a person or organization) To cause a person's or group's self-esteem or importance to be decreased.]
v
(transitive) To convince a person to cease a drastic action or response, such as a suicide attempt or act of rage.
v
(idiomatic, by extension) To suppress (something, usually an emotion or thought).
v
To suppress (an emotion)
v
(transitive, dated) To destroy or demolish.
n
(slang) A weapon planted at a crime scene in order to mislead investigators.
n
(slang, rare) A weapon planted at a crime scene in order to mislead investigation, especially in situations where deadly force would only have been justified if the victim were armed. Also an untraceable weapon kept in readiness for such use.
v
(ergative) (To cause) to become knocked over, fall down or overturn.
v
(intransitive, figuratively) To topple, collapse.
v
(intransitive) To plunge back out of something; to emerge suddenly.
v
(transitive, obsolete) To remove as a sign of deference, as a hat.
v
(transitive, idiomatic) To defeat (some measure or candidate) by a majority vote.
v
(transitive) To cause (a moving vehicle) to stop by using an arm gesture.
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