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come down

Dictionary definition · come down

verb

  1. move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way"The temperature is going down"
  2. be the essential element"The proposal boils down to a compromise"
  3. fall from clouds"rain, snow and sleet were falling"
  4. get sick"She fell sick last Friday, and now she is in the hospital"
  5. criticize or reprimand harshly"The critics came down hard on the new play"

Source: Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).