Betekenis van come down In het Nederlands

• 0 to fall and land on the ground:

  • A lot of trees came down in the storm.

  • Our plane came down in a field.

  • The snow came down during the night.

• 1 If a price or a level comes down, it becomes lower:

  • House prices have come down recently.

  • Inflation is coming down.

  • The whole weekend was so wonderful I haven't come down yet.

• 2 to decide that you support a particular person or side in an argument, etc.:

  • The government has come down on the side of military action.

• 3 If a person comes down from a drug, they stop feeling its effects.

• 4 If you come down (from a college or university, especially Oxford or Cambridge University), you leave your studies either permanently or for a short time.

• 5 to go to a place that is south of where you live:

  • My boyfriend's coming down from Scotland this weekend.

  • They don't come down to London much because it's too tiring with the kids.

• 6 to become lower in position or value:

  • I am not going to buy any more coffee until the price comes down.

• 7 if a price or a level comes down, it becomes lower:

  • We are expecting interest rates to come down.

  • come down by a third/50%/a lot, etc. Sales went up and costs came down by about a third.

  • come down from sth The share price came down from its high pretty quickly.