(Preposition)DOWN

BACK DOWN: to accept defeat in an argument, claim etc. the opposite

team had to back down in the debate.

BEAR DOWN: defear, overcome. It was not easy to bear down my son and

make him agree to marry.

BEAT DOWN: shine very brightly and harshly, rain heavily and hard.

Soon the sun began to beat down.

BELT DOWN: to travel very fast. we belted down the highway at a speed

of hundred miles per hour.

BEND DOWN: bend at the knees or waist. he bent down to pick up the

coin from the floor.

BLOW DOWN: make a tree etc fall. the storm blew down several trees.

BOG DOWN: to think too much about something. she got herself bogged

down in trivial details.

BOW DOWN: bend in respect. the devotees bow down before their deities.

BREAK DOWN: to stop working, to fail, to cry. The generator suddenly broke down.

BREAK DOWN: failure of a system, relationship.

BRING DOWN: to topple a goverment etc. The civil was brought down the goverment

BRING DOWN: to reduce. The bumper harvest has brought down the prices

of cereals.

BRUSH DOWN: remove dirt from clothes. she got up soon from the ground

and began to brush down her salwar.

BUCKLE DOWN: rain heavily. it was a drizzle but then it began to buckle down.

BURNED DOWN: completely destroyed  in the fire. the multi storied

building was burned down.

CALL DOWN: invoke a curse on somebody. they called God's wrath down on

the landlord.

CALM DOWN: make or become calm. at last the mother calmed down the crying child.

CALM DOWN: become less intese. the day curfew was lifeted as the

situation had calmed down.

CAST DOWN: lose status or reputation. the former princely people where

soon cast down.

CHANGE DOWN: change the gear ot lower position. i changed down the car

on the slope.

CHOP DOWN: cut down a plant, tree etc. he chopped down the tree with

some heavy strokes.

CLAMP DOWN: prevent something, suppress, use authority. curfew was clamped down.

CLIMB DOWN: admit that you are wrong. the strike ended with the climb

down by the auto-drivers.

CLOSE DOWN: to stop work for ever, shut down. the factory has closed down.

COME DOWN: to move to lower level, descend. she came down from the roof.

COOL DOWN: become cooler, come to lower temperature. in the beginning

the earth was a ball of fire but gradually it cooled down.

COPY DOWN:write what someone is saying and writing. i asked him to

copy down his email address.

*COUNT DOWN: count number in reverse order until you come to zero.

count down would start in the evening for the blast off the space

shuttle.

CRACK DOWN: be strict with people to make them obey rules. the police

cracked  down the smugglers.

CROUCH DOWN: sit with your legs bent. the boy crouched down behind a

tree to hide himself.

CUT DOWN: reduce, do something less often,make a tree fall by cutting.

they proposed a cut down in expenditure.

DAMP DOWN: to reduce the amount, intensity etc. his speech helped a

lot in damping down thee communal tension in the city.

DAMPEN DOWN: to make less the intensity of something. further cuts in

interest rates have dampened down the savings.

DIE DOWN: become much quieter or less intense. the storm took long to die down.

DO DOWN: make someone appear stupid and insignifant. her attempt to do

Usha down did not succeed.

DOSS DOWN: fall asleep for a short time. she dossed down for a few

minutes in her chair.

DRAG DOWN: reduce to inferior position. his lack of integrity dragged him down.

DRINK DOWN: drink quickly. He drank the whole glass of milk down in one drought.

DUST DOWN: remove dust. she was busy in dusting down the room.

FALL DOWN: drop to the ground. she lost balance and fell down.

FALL DOWN:collapse. the house fell down due to heavy rains.

FIGHT DOWN: try to resist a desire. He tried to fight down his desire

to insult his adversary.

FLAG DOWN: signal a vehicle to stop. he flagged down the car for inspection.

FLUTTER DOWN: fall to the ground slowly through the air. the leaflets

thrown from a helicopter fluttred down like small birds.

*GET DOWN: utarna. the soldier got down form his horse and drank some

water in the garden.

GET DOWN: move from higher stage to lower. temperature may get down in

a day or two.

GET DOWN: come down from something high.he got down from the tree.

GET DOWN: bend down to sit. i got down on my knees to lift the child.

GET DOWN: put to paper, write down. he got down all his speeches.

GO DOWN: move to lower stage or positoin. the river goes down the hill.

GOBBLE DOWN: eat greedily and  quickly. the farmer was gobbling down

rotis after rotis.

GRIND DOWN: Persisstently annoy, harass and treat cruelly. the weak

are often ground down.

GULP DOWN: swallow quickly. he gulped down his food.

GUN DOWN: shoot and kill. the head of the gang was gunned down.

HACK DOWN:  cut down. Many trees were hacked down to construct a road.

HAMMER DOWN: make something fall down. the statue was hammered down.

HAND DOWN: give or leave something to people who are younger to you.

The vedic hyms were handed down from father to son.

*HANG DOWN: is said of the head when one keeps his head bent dow a

little with his face towards the ground. the guilty man hung down his

head with shame.

*HOLD DOWN: prevent price-rise etc. good and timely monsoon helped in

holding down the prices of food grains.

*HOLD DOWN: succeed in keeping job. he held down his job just for one month.

HOWL DOWN: shout loudly to prevent a speaker from being heard. the

crowd howled down the speaker.

HUDDLE DOWN: to lie or sit with your arms and legs close to your body.

she huddled down on the bed.

HUNKER DOWN: to sit down on heels with your knees bent up. the

children hunkered down around the bone fire.

HUNT DOWN: to catch and kill or hurt. the fox was hunted down by the hunters.

ICE DOWN: cover an injury in ice.  donot forget to ice your wrist down

on reaching home.

JOT DOWN: to write something quickly. Please jot down your address and

telephone number.

KICK DOWN: kick somethin violently, smash with foot. i kicked the barrier down.

KIP DOWN: to sleep, lie down for sleep.she kipped down for the night.

KNEEL DOWN: sit with your legs bent. They kneel down in prayer.

KNOCK DOWN: hit or push somebody down. i almost knocked down a gentleman.

KNUCKLE DOWN: start working at once, to study hard. she should now

knuckle down  a bit.

LASH DOWN: fasten firmly. he lashed down the horse with a rope.

LAY DOWN: put down weapons etc, to stop using them. they were made to

lay down their arms.

LET DOWN: fail to live up to your expectations, disappoint. the show

was a bit of let-down.

LIE DOWN: be in a position with your body flat on the floor, ground

etc. lie down quietly and try to sleep.

LIVE DOWN: forget the past mistakes, failure etc. It was not easy for

him to live down past misdeeds.

LOAD DOWN: give somebody a lot fo things to hold or carry. they loaded

him down with gifts.

MARK DOWN: write down something. mark down all the items you need. she

was marked down as absent.

MARK DOWN: to form an opinion about someone when you see him or her

for the first time.when i saw him on the stage for the first time, i

marked him down as a future star.

MARK DOWN AS: regard a particular person as a master of some

qualities. even in his boyhood days, he was marked down as a genious.

MARK DOWN: given lower rank or result in a test etc, because of some

mistake. his essay was marked down because there were many mistakes.

MELT DOWN: heat something until it melts. butter was melted down and

then used for frying sweets.

MOW DOWN: to kill a large number of people. many innocent men, women

and children have been mown down in Kashmir by the pakistani

terrorists.

NAIL DOWN: to force somebody to say their views clearly. we nailed her

down to state her views about her dauther's marriage.

NARROW DOWN: make something less in difference range etc. the list of

election candidates has been narrowed down.

NOTE DOWN: take short notes about something. the students noted down

the points of the teaching.

PARE DOWN: make smaller and thinner, reduce. the allowances to the

workers have been considerably pared down.

PASS DOWN: hand down. transmit. traditions pass down from one

generation to another.

PAT DOWN: flatten, settle something with a pat. she patted down her

lock of hair.

PEG DOWN: fasten on the ground with pegs. the liliputians pegged him down.

PELT DOWN: rain heavily. soon it began pelting down.

PIN DOWN: prevent from moving, trap. the wrestler pinned down his rival.

PIN DOWN: take a definite decision, give clear details. i can clearly

pin down his appearance.

PIPE DOWN: stop talking, be quiet or silent. pipe down children! let

me read in peace.

PLANE DOWN: reduce, make thinnner with a plane. you should plane down

the surface a bit more.

PLAY DOWN: try tomake someting appear less important. he tried to play

down his role in the scam.

PLUMP DOWN: sink quickly. anand plumed down on the sofa.

PLUMP DOWN: place quickly something down. she plumped the basket down

on the table.

PRUNE DOWN: to get rid of unnecessary part, to reduce. the allowances

were pruned down to minimum.

PULL DOWN: bring down, destroy. the unauthorised construction was pulled down.

PULL DOWN: make weak or thinner. recent losses in business has pulled him down.

PULL DOWN: cause to fall to lower position. it was the interview that

pulled her down in merit.

PUT DOWN: place something somewhere. he put the empty cup down on the table.

QUIETEN DOWN: be less noisy or active. Things quetened down after the

fair. Things quietened down after the fair.

RAIN DOWN: rain heavily, fall in a big quantity. it began to rain

down. tears rained down her cheeks. ash and dust rained downs from the

chimneys.

RAM DOWN: push something down and suddenly. the members of opposition

rammed it down  the minister's throat.

RAM DOWN: to tell somebody a fact forefully. the members of opposition

rammed it down the minister's throat.

RENDER DOWN: melt fat, butter etc until it is pure.Butter is rendered

down to make ghee.

RIDE DOWN: knock down. the boy was almost ridden down.

ROUND DOWN: change a figure or total by lowering it to its nearest

whole numnber. The total has been rounded down to the nearest rupee.

RUB DOWN: prepare a surface by rubbing it with something.The boards

were rubbed down well.

RUB DOWN: rub hard to make it dry. the mother rubbed the kid down with a towel.

RUN DOWN: go quickly to a place, go to lower position etc. she ran

down to the mall.

SAND DOWN: make smooth by rubbing with a sand paper.the board needs to

be sanded down.

SAW DOWN: cut down with a saw. they has sawn down a number of trees.

SCALE DOWN: to reduce the size etc. the imports have been scaled down.

SCREW DOWN: fasten something screws. the lid was screwed down the box.

SEND DOWN: make lose value. the adverse reports has sent its shares down.

SEND DOWN: send to prison. he may be sent down to prison.

SET DOWN: put something down on a table or ground.he set down the

glass on the table.

SET DOWN: put in writing. maratha set her ideas down in her diary.

SET DOWN: record as a regulation or law.it is set down in the constitution.

SETTLE DOWN: to start living at a place.they settled down at pune.

SEW DOWN: fasten with a needle and thread. sew down the torn pocket.

SHAKE DOWN: settle well into a position, get used to a new situation.

she shook down easily in her new position.

SHAKE DOWN: to search thoroughly. the team of investigation shook the

house down.

SHEET DOWN: fall heavily in sheets. the rain sheeted down.

SHEET DOWN: fall heavily in sheets. the rain sheeted down.

SHOOT DOWN: to kill with a gun. the miscreant was shot down.

SHOUT DOWN: prevent a speaker from speaking or being heard. the leader

of the union was shouted down.

SHOW DOWN: a fight etc.that may settle an issue.there is a show down

between the two teams tomorrow.

SHUT DOWN: stop production,close,close down. the factory was shut down

for a week.there was a possibility of a shut down in the entire

refining industry.

SIMMER DOWN: calm down,be less excited.he took some time to simmer down.

SIT DOWN: sit on something. he sat down on a chair. they sat down beside me.

SIT DOWN: cause somebody to sit down. i helped the old man to sit

down. she sat the child down on the bed.

SLAM DOWN: put door etc. down with a lot of force in anger. he slammed

the door down  behind her.

SLAM DOWN: end a talk on phone suddenly. she at once slammed down the receiver.

SLAP DOWN: put down a thing noisilhy on a surface angrily.she slapped

the book down on the table.

SLAP DOWN: check, suppress firmly,speak harshly.it is unfair to slap

down youngesters.

SLICK DOWN: make hair smooth and shining. she neatly sliked down her hair.

SLIP DOWN: fall down. jagan slipped down on the wet floor.

SLIP DOWN: swallow smoothly and easily.she slipped the sweet down.

SLOP DOWN: form a slop downwards. the mound slops down to a river.

SLOW DOWN: becrease the speed, move slowely.he slowed down his car at the turn.

SMASH DOWN: hit and cause to fall down.he smashed the window down.

SMOOTH DOWN: make your clothes on hair smooth by pressing them down

with your hands.garima smoothed down her sari.

SNUGGLE DOWN: settle into a warm and comfortable position.the child

snuggled up in the bed.

SOBER DOWN: become moew serious in behaviour and attitude.long

experience in life sobered them down.

SPLASH DOWN: land in the sea at the and of a space flight. the

astronauts splashed down as scheduled.

STAMP DOWN: to lift your foot off the ground and put it down hard to

make it firm and flat.they buried the treasure and stamped down the

earth over it.

STAND DOWN: resign from an important post.he is willing to stand down

to keep the party united.

STAY DOWN: remain under the water. the diver could stay down for more

than two minutes.

STEP DOWN: resign from a position. he was willing to step down form

the position of the president of the club.

STICK DOWN: attach something to something else. take this and stick it

down onthe board.

STICK DOWN: wrtie dor draw something on apaer. she stuck down all the

names of invitees.

STRIKE DOWN: badly injiured or killed. he was struck down by speeding car.

STRIP DOWN: take an engine etc. to pieces.the mechanic stripped down the clock.

SWALLOW DOWN: take down something from mouth in to stomach.

SWOOP DOWN: come down through the air suddenly with a force. the

vultures swooped down and alighted on a dead animal.

SWOOP DOWN: suddenly come and attack you. the policeman swooped down

on the smuggler.

TAKE DOWN: to unfasten, remove. finally all decorations were taken down.

TAKE DOWN: reach to some high place and remove something from there.

she took down a book from the shelf.

TAKE DOWN: undo,unfasten. they took down the awning.

TAKE DOWN: write down. he took her story down.

TEAR DOWN: destroy completely. an old building was being torn down.

THIN DOWN: make a liquid thinner and weak. thin down the syrup with water.

THROW DOWN: make something fall from your hands. madan threw donw the knife.

THROW DOWN: make yourself fall or move rapidly towards the ground .

she threw herself down on the bed.

TIE DOWN: tie something to the ground. she tied the calf down.

TIE DOWN: restrict movement. it was not tied down to a date. i donot

like to be tied down.

TIE DOWN: force to remain in  one place. the enemy troops were tied down.

TONE DOWN: make less strong and severe. he was told to tone down his criticism.

TOUCH DOWN: to land. the plane touched down at palam.

TUMBLE DOWN: fall down. the kids tumbled down on each other.

TURN DOWN: not to accept,refuse to accede to. my request for leave was

turned down.

TURN DOWN: reduce.i turned down the volume of my radio.

VOTE DOWN : reject,defeat. the resolution was voted down.

WASH DOWN: clean something large. he was washing down the garage.

WATER DOWN: make a report etc. weak or less forceful. the report has

now been considerably watered down.

WATERED DOWN: to add water to a liquid. the milk was watered down.

WAVE DOWN: to signal a driver to stop by  waving your arm. the traffic

police waved the car down.

WEAR DOWN: become smaller by use. my shoes are now worn down.

WEAR DOWN: make or become weaker. his will power began to weaker.

WEIGH DOWN:  feel heavy under a load. they heavy box weighed him down.

WEIGH DOWN: make worried. they were weigh down with worries.

WHITTLE DOWN: make something thinner by takings some of its parts

away. the list of nominees was  whittled down to ten from fifteen.

WIND DOWN: bring down, lower. he wound down the windows of his car to

enjoy fresh air.

WIND DOWN: move with less energy, grow weak. after a weak the strike wound down.

WIPE DOWN: clean completetly. he was busy wiping down his car.

WOLF DOWN: eat very quickly in big pieces. he wolf down alll the food.

WRITE DOWN: record something on a paper. the teacher asked him to

write down his name and roll number.