come down

What does "come down" mean?

1. To decrease in price, level, or amount
2. To move from a higher to a lower position
3. To become ill
4. To be passed from one generation to another

Examples

• Prices should come down after the holiday season.
• Can you come down from the roof? It's dangerous!
• I think I'm coming down with a cold.
• This recipe has come down through our family for generations.
• The rain came down heavily all afternoon.

How to use it

'Come down with' (illness) is very common. 'Come down to' means the essential factor is (e.g., 'It comes down to money').

Similar expressions

Opposites

Related phrasal verbs

• come up

  To be mentioned or discussed

• come across

  To find something or meet someone by chance

• come back

  To return to a place

• come out

  To become known or revealed

• come over

  To visit someone's home

• come in

  To enter a room, building, or place