From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
come down
v 1: move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way;
"The temperature is going down"; "The barometer is
falling"; "The curtain fell on the diva"; "Her hand went up
and then fell again" [syn: {descend}, {fall}, {go down},
{come down}] [ant: {arise}, {ascend}, {come up}, {go up},
{lift}, {move up}, {rise}, {uprise}]
2: be the essential element; "The proposal boils down to a
compromise" [syn: {reduce}, {come down}, {boil down}]
3: fall from clouds; "rain, snow and sleet were falling";
"Vesuvius precipitated its fiery, destructive rage on
Herculaneum" [syn: {precipitate}, {come down}, {fall}]
4: get sick; "She fell sick last Friday, and now she is in the
hospital" [syn: {sicken}, {come down}]
5: criticize or reprimand harshly; "The critics came down hard
on the new play"
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