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cool downTo become cooler, to be reduced in temperature.Rate it:

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run downTo read quickly a list or other short text.Rate it:

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quiet downTo become quieter.Rate it:

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run downTo hit someone with a car or other vehicle and injure or kill them.Rate it:

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breathe down someone's neckTo follow someone too closely, making it uncomfortable for them.Rate it:

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buckle downTo put forth the needed effort; to focus; become serious; apply oneself.Rate it:

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change downto change to a lower gear in a vehicleRate it:

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fall downTo fall to the ground.Rate it:

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knuckle downTo get to work; to focus on a task.Rate it:

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die downTo become less virulent.Rate it:

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cheese downTo coil the tail of a rope on deck so as to present a neat appearance.Rate it:

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cool downTo become less agitated.Rate it:

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gulp downTo eat very quickly without chewing the food properly.Rate it:

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quiet downTo reduce intensity of an activity.Rate it:

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scarf downTo eat something quickly.Rate it:

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knock downTo hit or knock (something), intentionally or accidentally, so that it falls.Rate it:

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put downTo set down, stop carrying, or place in a low location.Rate it:

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a spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go downAn otherwise unpleasant situation can be pleasant when a pleasant aspect is deliberately introduced.1999, Eli Yassif, The Hebrew Folktale: History, Genre, Meaning, Indiana University Press, ISBN 0253335833, page 372,One is known as the "sweetening parable," that is to say a spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down. Thus, when the aim is to preach to the people, to guide them along the "bitter," arduous path of upholding burdensome precepts and prohibitions, a tale can lighten the load, make the "medicine" easier "to swallow."2001, Maureen Reagan, First Father, First Daughter: A Memoir, Little, Brown, ISBN 0316736368, page 319,It put some fun into the tedious business of preparing for a presidential debate. A spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down, right?2004, John Hoover, How to Work for an Idiot: Survive & Thrive... Without Killing Your Boss, Career Press, ISBN 1564147045, page 11,If a spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down, a barrel of laughs can wash down the big pills you might need to swallow.Rate it:

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batten downTo close or make watertight, referring to hatches and cargo.Rate it:

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bear downTo intensify one's efforts.Rate it:

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bear downTo approach another vessel from windward.Rate it:

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bear down onTo approach someone in a very determined way.Rate it:

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beat downTo severely beat someone up.Rate it:

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beat downTo haggle someone to sell at a lower price.Rate it:

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beat downTo strike with great force.Rate it:

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bed downTo lie down to sleep for the night, usually of livestock or machinery.Rate it:

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boil down toto be equivalent to; to reduce to.Rate it:

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break downTo fail.Rate it:

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bring downTo make a legitimate rulership lose their position of power.Rate it:

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burn downTo burn to nothing.Rate it:

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calm downTo become less excited, intense, or angryRate it:

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clamp down onTo take measures to stop something; to put an end to.Rate it:

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come downTo descend.Rate it:

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come down withTo contract or get; to show symptoms of a minor illness.Rate it:

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cool downTo cause to become less agitated.Rate it:

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crack down onTo enforce laws or punish more vigilantly.Rate it:

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cut downTo bring down by cutting.Rate it:

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doss downTo sleep on someone's sofa or floor because there is no bed spare.Rate it:

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down but not outTemporarily incapacitated but not permanently defeated.Rate it:

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drill downTo examine information at another level or in greater detail; especially in a database, to navigate to a more detailed level or record.Rate it:

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filter downOf a liquid; to move slowly down to lower substrate levels.Rate it:

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go downTo perform oral sex.Rate it:

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go downTo descend; to move from a higher place to a lower one.Rate it:

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go downTo take place, happen.Rate it:

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keep downTo repress.Rate it:

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live downTo get used to something shameful.Rate it:

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put downTo place a baby somewhere to sleep.Rate it:

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put downTo land an aircraft.Rate it:

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ravin downTo gobble ravenously, devour voraciouslyRate it:

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smack downTo successfully refute.Rate it:

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