come down
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Lose wealth or position, as in After the market crashed, the Tates really came down in the world . A 1382 translation of the Bible by followers of John Wycliffe had this term: “Come down from glory, sit in thirst” (Jeremiah 48:18).
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Become reduced in size or amount, be lowered, as in Interest rates will have to come down before the economy recovers . [Mid-1600s]
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Be handed down by inheritance, tradition, or a higher authority. For example, This painting has come down to us from our great-grandparents , or These stories have come down through the generations , or An indictment finally came down . [c. 1400]
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Also, go down . Happen, occur, as in What's coming down tonight? [ Slang ; 1960s]
Example Sentences
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Quentin Gee, a manager at the California Energy Commission, said the advantage of heat pumps comes down to thermodynamics.
From Los Angeles Times
Almost everything we do at work—identifying the experts, managing tough feedback from a boss, figuring out how to work in teams made up of different personalities—comes down to our ability to manage relationships.
He suggested that determining the AI leader of the future may not come down to a lab’s proprietary training data, but rather the one whose model is best integrated into enterprise and user workflows.
From MarketWatch
Still, some of the increases come down to too much tech money chasing too few real stocks.
From Barron's
Bond yields went up and never came down much.
From Barron's
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