come down

verb comes down · coming down · came down · come down

1. intransitive To descend, fall down, collapse. A tree came down and hit me on the head.
2. intransitive To be demolished. The damage sustained in the fire is so great that the whole building will have to come down.
3. intransitive To decrease. Real estate prices have come down since the peak of the boom.
4. intransitive To reach or release a decision. I can't guess which way the board will come down on the project.
5. intransitive To be passed through time. Much wisdom has come down in the form of proverbs.
6. idiomatic, intransitive To return from an elevated state of consciousness (especially when drug-induced) or emotion. He finally came down from his post-bonus high.
7. UK, impersonal To rain. It's coming down heavily now.
8. UK, intransitive To graduate from university, especially an Oxbridge university. Raju had got a job with a law firm in Singapore after coming down from Oxford.
9. Shortening of of come down the (pike, line, etc.) To be about to happen; to occur; to transpire.
10. intransitive, slang To behave in a particular way. He's been coming down angry all day.