Definition of went down

go down

verb - intransitive

as a greeting, a rhetorical question asking about what's happening.
Hey man, what's goin' down?

Last edited on Dec 16 2010. Submitted by Monica A. on Oct 17 2003.
to happen.
It's about to go down.


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Citation from "The New Guy", Warehouse 13 (TV), Season 3 Episode 1 (2011) censored in hope of resolving Google's penalty against this site.


Citation from "Pilot", American Dad (TV), Season 1 Episode 1 (2005) censored in hope of resolving Google's penalty against this site.
- See more words with the same meaning: to happen.
Last edited on Nov 21 2012. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Oct 03 2009.
to be exposed for wrongdoing.

Citation from "Beyond Belief", Lie To Me (TV, 2010), Season 3 Episode 6 censored in hope of resolving Google's penalty against this site.

Last edited on Nov 29 2010. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Nov 29 2010.
to lose.

Citation from "Good Cop Bad Dog", Modern Family (TV) , Season 2 Episode 22 (2011) censored in hope of resolving Google's penalty against this site.
- See more words with the same meaning: to lose, be defeated, fail.
Last edited on Jul 29 2011. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Jul 29 2011.
to fail.

Citation from "Conscience", Wilfred (US TV), Season 1 Episode 6 (2011) censored in hope of resolving Google's penalty against this site.
- See more words with the same meaning: to lose, be defeated, fail.
Last edited on Oct 15 2011. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Oct 15 2011.
to have one's reputation at one's current job ruined, or to have one's career ruined.

Citation from "All the Right Friends", Covert Affairs (TV), Season 2 Episode 4 (2011) censored in hope of resolving Google's penalty against this site.
- See more words with the same meaning: business (related to).
- See more words with the same meaning: to lose, be defeated, fail.
Last edited on Oct 18 2011. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Oct 18 2011.

notes

See also go down on (one).
Last edited on Oct 19 2010. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Oct 03 2009.

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Other terms relating to 'business (related to)':
powwow	Definitions include: a meeting.
spec	Definitions include: "specification".
drone	Definitions include: an unenthusiastic worker, especially in an office setting.
PFO	Definitions include: acronym for "patient fell over", a notation used by doctors in the UK on medical charts.
bio break	Definitions include: a bathroom break.
brainstorm	Definitions include: to invent ideas and solutions, usually by coming up with as many as possible while not rejecting any out of hand.
busy work	Definitions include: work (in a professional or educational setting) that is designed to keep a person busy, but to not permit that person to accomplish anything of note.
topless meeting	Definitions include: According to Oxford University Press Blog:
vertical	Definitions include: to upper management.
go vertical	Definitions include: to take something vertical, i.e. to upper management.
fine print, the	Definitions include: the contract involved in an agreement.
cow orker	Definitions include: "co-worker".
WFH	Definitions include: acronym for "work from home" or "working from home".
hook up	Definitions include: a person who provides illegal drugs.
gravy train	Definitions include: a lucrative endeavor that requires little work.
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Other terms relating to 'to happen':
crackin'	Definitions include: cool, tight, etc.
go off without a hitch	Definitions include: to happen without problems.
krackelacking	Definitions include: happening.
crackalacking	Definitions include: what's up or what are you doing today.
crackalacing	Definitions include: alternate spelling of crackalacking.
krakalak	Definitions include: alternate spelling of crackalackin'.
on like Donkey Kong	Definitions include: to express that something is inevitably going to happen; to express that something will occur;
crack-a-lacking	Definitions include: good
cook	Definitions include: v. to flatulate.
crack-a-smackin'	Definitions include: "happening".
Other terms relating to 'to lose, be defeated, fail':
go up in smoke	Definitions include: to fail.
bomb	Definitions include: good; excellent; "cool".
jabroni	Definitions include: in "professional wrestling," a wrestler who intentionally loses to improve the image of the winner.
trainwreck	Definitions include: a total failure.
die	Definitions include: to stop working.
whipping	Definitions include: a defeat.
bite it	Definitions include: to fall and hit the ground.
go belly up	Definitions include: to fail.
nosedive	Definitions include: to fail.
pillage	Definitions include: to defeat soundly.
BBE	Definitions include: acronym of "Biggest Beating Ever," which can refer to "beating" as in a severe physical attack, or a severe defeat e.g. in a competitive sport.
grasp at straws	Definitions include: to make a futile attempt.
jobber	Definitions include: a "professional wrestler" who loses matches so as to build up a featured wrestler's win/loss record and crowd appeal.
fail	Definitions include: an instance of failure.
go tits-up	Definitions include: to fail.
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Other terms relating to 'down':
batten down the hatches	Definitions include: to prepare for hardship.
beat down	Definitions include: a fight or severe beating.
bout to put the beat down	Definitions include: It means having to beat someone up.
bow down	Definitions include: to back down from a situation.
bow down before the porcelain god	Definitions include: to vomit into a toilet.
bow down to the porcelain god	Definitions include: also "bow down to the white porcelain god."
bring down	Definitions include: to sadden one.
bring the house down	Definitions include: to greatly impress a crowd.
broke down	Definitions include: unattractive.
bust down	Definitions include: a person who has oral sex and intercourse with multiple people.
butter down	Definitions include: to knuckle down; to submit to; to melt down; to be unable to take the heat; to give in.
buttoned-down	Definitions include: overly formal, conservative.
chow down	Definitions include: to eat.
come down	Definitions include: to give someone oral sex.
cool down	Definitions include: to stop being angry.
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Other terms relating to 'go':
all systems go	Definitions include: completely ready.
BFFWEOAGSA	Definitions include: acronym for "best friends forever who eat out and go shopping a lot".
carry go	Definitions include: used to tell someone to stop messing with people.
fired up and ready to go	Definitions include: excited and ready to start.
from the get-go	Definitions include: from the beginning.
G2G	Definitions include: acronym for "got to go".
GAFK	Definitions include: acronym of "goes away from keyboard".
gazenta	Definitions include: "goes in to".
get-go	Definitions include: the beginning.
get (one) going	Definitions include: to get a person excited.
get (one's) gams going	Definitions include: to move one's legs.
GFU	Definitions include: acronym for "go fuck yourself".
GFY	Definitions include: acronym for "go fuck yourself".
GFYS	Definitions include: acronym of "go fuck yourself."
GG	Definitions include: acronym for "good game."
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