cast down
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～ lower someone's spirits; make downhearted; "These news depressed her"; "The bad state of her child's health demoralizes her"
burn down
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～ destroy by fire; "They burned the house and his diaries"
climb down
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～ come down; "the birds alighted"
come down
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～ be the essential element; "The proposal boils down to a compromise"
come down
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～ fall from clouds; "rain, snow and sleet were falling"; "Vesuvius precipitated its fiery, destructive rage on Herculaneum"
come down
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～ move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way; "The temperature is going down"; "The barometer is falling"; "The curtain fell on the diva"; "Her hand went up and then fell again"
close down
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～ cease to operate or cause to cease operating; "The owners decided to move and to close the factory"; "My business closes every night at 8 P.M."; "close up the shop"
come down
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～ get sick; "She fell sick last Friday, and now she is in the hospital"
come down
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～ criticize or reprimand harshly; "The critics came down hard on the new play"
downgrade
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～ rate lower; lower in value or esteem
download
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～ transfer a file or program from a central computer to a smaller computer or to a computer at a remote location
downplay
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～ represent as less significant or important
downplay
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～ understate the importance or quality of; "he played down his royal ancestry"
downsize
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～ dismiss from work; "three secretaries were downsized during the financial crisis"
downsize
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～ design or manufacture in a smaller size; "the car makers downsized the SUVs when fuel became very expensive"
downsize
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～ (of a company) reduce in size or number of employees; "the company downsized its research staff"