come down

come down
v.

1) (BE) (D; intr.) to come down from ('to leave') (to come down from Oxford)

2) (d; intr.) to come down from ('to originate from') (this statue has come down to us from the fifteenth century)

3) (d; intr.) to come down on ('to treat') (the teacher came down hard on him for missing class)

4) (d; intr.) to come down to ('to amount to') (it comes down to the same old thing)

5) (d; intr.) to come down with ('to catch, develop') (to come down with a cold)

* * *
['kʌm'daʊn]
(d; intr.) to come down to (it come downs down to the same old thing; 'to amount to')
(d; intr.) to come down on (the teacher came down hard on him for missing class; 'to treat')
(d; intr.) to come down from (this statue has come down to us from the fifteenth century; 'to originate from')
(BE) (D; intr.) to come down from (to come down from Oxford; 'to leave')
(d; intr.) to come down with (to come down with a cold; 'to catch, develop')

Combinatory dictionary. 2013.

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