Meaning
- To move from a higher position to a lower one.
- To drop or become lower in price, level or amount.
- To be inherited or transmitted through generations.
- To criticize or punish someone harshly.
- To settle, calm, or return to a regular state after emotion or drugs.
Today's Sentences
01
Sounds like the rain came down pretty hard.
Situation
Don’t forget your umbrella, it’s pouring!
Too late.
I stepped outside and now I’m soaked.
Sounds like the rain came down pretty hard.
You know that saying, “When it rains, it pours.”
02
I keep telling him to come down.
Situation
Your cat has been on that branch for an hour.
I know!
I keep telling him to come down.
Maybe he’s enjoying the view.
Or maybe he’s waiting for me to climb up and embarrass myself.
Writer's Note
"Come down" is a transitive, intransitive, and inseparable phrasal verb. Let’s break down the types together.
- Transitive - Transitive phrasal verbs require an object to complete their meaning, while intransitive ones do not have an object.
Structure: "Subject + come down on + object"
Example 1: The teacher came down on them for talking.
Example 2: My parents came down on me for coming home late.
Example 3: The cops came down on him for lying. - Intransitive - An intransitive verb does not need a receiver of the action which can end a sentence on its own.
Structure: "Subject + come down on + object"
Example 1: The cat finally came down from the tree.
Example 2: The balloon came down after losing air.
Structure: "Subject + come down (to + amount)"
Example 3: Prices have come down recently.
Example 4: His fever finally came down after the medicine.
Structure: "Subject + come down (to + amount)"
Example 3: The tradition came down from ancient times.
Example 4: The recipe has come down in our family for years. - Inseparable - When an object cannot be placed between the particle and the verb.
Structure: "Subject + come down"
Example 1: Something big is coming down tonight.
Example 2: We had no idea what was coming down next.
Structure: "Subject + come down to + noun/decision"
Example 3: It all comes down to what you really want.
Example 4: The decision came down to two candidates.
Related words: Descend, diminish, drop, fall, lessen, lower, result, settle, sink, decrease.
