down to

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down to

preposition

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see down, to. I had to walk down to the ground floor.
Ready or willing to (do something specified). Are you down to go to the cinema?
With no one/nothing remaining but. I'm down to my last few sleeping pills.
Within the responsibility or influence of. What type of person you become is down to you.
Similar: up to
Due to; because of. The failure was down to total neglect.
Including even the smallest parts. We checked everything down to the last/smallest detail.
Until, up to. In flowing away, the water hollowed out the deep valleys and left standing the high mountains which we see today; for down to the time of the great flood the earth had been level.

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@misc{down_to_2026,
  title = {down to},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/down%20to},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}