come down

come down
naar beneden gaan, afdalen
come down
1 neerkomen ⇒ naar beneden komen, (neer)vallen
2 terechtkomen (in)
3 afzakken, aan lager wal geraken
4 overgeleverd worden 〈van traditie e.d.〉
5 dalen 〈ook van vliegtuig〉 ⇒ zakken, lager worden 〈van prijs〉
6 overkomen
7 〈Brits-Engels〉de universiteit verlaten
8 〈slang: drugsgebruik〉van een trip terugkomen 〈de uitwerking van een dosis niet meer voelen〉
♦voorbeelden:
2   come down inside the enemy lines • achter de vijandelijke linies terecht komen
3   Mary has come down in my estimation • Mary is in mijn achting gedaald
     come down in the world • aan lager wal geraken
4   this song has come down to us from the 14th century • dit lied is ons overgeleverd uit de 14e eeuw
5   prices won't come down this year • de prijzen zullen dit jaar niet dalen
6   he's just come down from London • hij is pas uit Londen gekomen
7   she came down from Cambridge in 1961 • in 1961 studeerde ze af in Cambridge
come down in favour of/on the side of • zich uitspreken voor/ten gunste van

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