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come down

verb as in worsen

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This is, more or less, the position of political conservatives, who have come down firmly on the side of the fracking industry.

And without physical evidence, cases often come down to “he said/she said.”

Their collective failings come down to message discipline, candidate selection, and voter targeting.

Browser preference might come down to how many times you want to slip your headset on and off.

As more come down with the flu, I suspect the reassurance will become more challenging.

He had come down after the wagon load, which had to be pitched on again rather more deliberately.

I begged him to come down here, but he wouldn't—says that his hand is no longer steady enough to hold a gun—it's awful!

So I made him come down with me to Englehart, that dear old country seat of my family in the Western shires which was now mine.

Children live up in the rock villages, and never come down to the towns.

They had come down from the kraal to enjoy the sport and get some of the meat, of which they are particularly fond.

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On this page you'll find 23 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to come down, such as: decline, decrease, degenerate, descend, deteriorate, and fail.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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