DOWN Flashcards
Break down
Stop functioning / get upset / in tears
Make a door/wall fall down
Back down
Withdraw your objections
Break s/th down
Divide into small parts
Bring s/o down
Make unhappy
Close down
Stop all work, cease trading
Calm down
Relax after being angry
Die down
Do sth less often / become quieter
Cut down
Make sth fall to the ground
Reduce an amount
Do less of something bad
Make something shorter
Lay down
Establish rules
Jot down
Make a note of
Live down
Make people forget a mistake about sg. embarrassing or silly that you have done
Fall down
Fall to the ground
If sg. such as an argument or system falls down, it fails because a particular part of it is weak or not correct
Hand down
Give sth used to s/o else
To give knowledge or skill to sb who is younger than you and will live after you
have died
Let down
Disappoint, not keep a promise
Let air out of tyre
Make clothing longer
Mark down
Give a lower price or mark
Settle down
Live a quiet routine life
Run down
Lose power
Injure/kill someone with a car
Business: become smaller
Play down
Make sth appear less important
Knock down
Cause to fall down
Refuse a suggestion
To hit sb. with a vehicle so that they are injured or killed
To deliberately destroy a building or wall
To reduce a price or amount
Put down
Pay a deposit / suppress a rebellion / euthanize an animal / criticize sb. publicly / write sg.
Bring down
To reduce the rate, level, or amount of something / to cause a government or politician to lose power / land
Come down
Lower / crash / support or oppose something
Turn down
Refuse / reduce the level of
Go down
Be recorded or received / be ingested Become less Be remembered To produce a particular reaction Be defeated Swallow food/drink
Take down
Make a note / dismantle
Put s/sth down
Place
Put s/o down
Insult/ make s/o feel stupid
Pour down
Come down heavily ( of rain )
Shout down
Not allow s/o to speak or be heard
Slow down
Go less fast
Shoot down
Kill
Stand down
Resign
Wear down
Deteriorate through use
Make someone gradually lose their energy or confidence
Come down to
Be in the end a matter of
To be the most important aspect of a situation or problem
Come down on sb.
To criticize or punish someone severely
Get down to
Begin to seriously deal with
Narrow down
To reduce the number of possibilities or choices
Pelt down
If rain or snow is pelting or is pelting down, it comes down quickly in large amounts
Crack down
To start dealing with someone or something much more strictly
Tie down
To stop someone from being free to do what they want
Track down
To find someone or something after a long search
Tumble down
If a building or other structure tumbles, it falls to the ground
Water down
To make something such as a statement or newspaper article less offensive, powerful, or detailed
Wave down
To make a vehicle stop by waving your arm or hand at the driver
Climb down
To admit that you were wrong, especially after expressing an opinion or argument very firmly
Hold down
Prevent someone from standing
Prevent something from rising
Keep prices/numbers low
Keep job
Get down
To make someone feel sad or lose hope
To write something somewhere
Wind down
To end, or to finish something gradually
To relax after a period of excitement or worry
Keep down
Prevent from increasing
Control people
Make less noise
Touch down
If an aircraft or space vehicle touches down, it lands
Set down
To state officially how sg should be done
