"go down" means: To descend; to move from a higher place to a lower one.. This is a fairly neutral word with no inherent risk attached. There is no real cause for parental concern; it is descriptive vocabulary rather than something dangerous. If your child uses it, context will usually make the meaning clear. A brief, curious question about where they heard it is generally enough to know whether to follow up.
go down
To descend; to move from a higher place to a lower one.
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Depends where he goes but that kind of huberman shit is right next to all kinds of rabbit holes I'd hate to see him go down.
coming down the stairs on dublin bus is a coin flip as to whether or not you'll go down them completely normally or have a world of light shulk vision of you tumbling down and breaking your neck and alter the trajecto…
That’s exactly what Mikel would say. I think he has bigger goals than just one trophy, it’s improving so much that we would achieve things which would go down in history.
but i think a lot of this view is classism + an unrecognised subconsous understanding that class mobility is bs, unless you go down in class. I may be perma stuck in disability unemployment with a negative bank balanc…
Friends, I am not gonna lie here, I am feeling a bit uneasy about how tomorrow is gonna go down..
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To descend; to move from a higher place to a lower one.
"go down" means: To descend; to move from a higher place to a lower one.. This is a fairly neutral word with no inherent risk attached. There is no real cause for parental concern; it is descriptive vocabulary rather than something dangerous. If your child uses it, context will usually make the meaning clear. A brief, curious question about where they heard it is generally enough to know whether to follow up.
"go down" means: To descend; to move from a higher place to a lower one.. Register: neutral, standard English, usable in most everyday contexts. A common non-native mistake is to use the word in the wrong register, or to assume one fixed meaning when it is actually polysemous; always check the surrounding register and the audience before producing it yourself. In formal writing, prefer a neutral synonym or a short descriptive phrase, and use this word only when you have heard or read it being used naturally in a comparable context.
“Greens councillor Jess Whittaker can get of its ass next time and move it, now go down to the beach and talk to the sharks and tell them to go away makes me want to go away and i'm not a dumb animal or a greens voter show me the way”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Also interesting to watch kittens go down the stairs. Will they stride or will they bunny-hop? I've had cats that did both.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Can't sleep most go down a rabbit hole of clips from Better Off Ted”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Can't sleep must go down a rabbit hole of clips from Better Off Ted”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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(intransitive) To be received or accepted.
“Depends where he goes but that kind of huberman shit is right next to all kinds of rabbit holes I'd hate to see him go down.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“coming down the stairs on dublin bus is a coin flip as to whether or not you'll go down them completely normally or have a world of light shulk vision of you tumbling down and breaking your neck and alter the trajectory of the life of everyone else on the bus”
— Bluesky· May 2026“That’s exactly what Mikel would say. I think he has bigger goals than just one trophy, it’s improving so much that we would achieve things which would go down in history.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“but i think a lot of this view is classism + an unrecognised subconsous understanding that class mobility is bs, unless you go down in class. I may be perma stuck in disability unemployment with a negative bank balance for over a decade, but i "speak good", so I'm "middle class".”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Friends, I am not gonna lie here, I am feeling a bit uneasy about how tomorrow is gonna go down..”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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(intransitive) To be blamed for something; to be the scapegoat; to go to prison.
“Watch corporations get big fat tariff refund checks… not the people. Like Covid, these prices will never go down.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“If there was a competitive playtime scene would you participate? Go down to the local shops for some friends coloring matches, try to go pro or just watch a high level match every now and again to keep up with the meta?”
— Bluesky· May 2026“From an Iranian strategic perspective, Iran wants all this to go down as a cautionary tale. A deterrent. And to establish that, they need the pain the U.S. and others feel to be unignorable.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“There’s nothing sadder than a sick old dude who has to hold his wife’s hand to go down four steps but challenges kids to a fight.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“done. Literally. They go down the hall.”
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Slang is read by different audiences for very different reasons. The For parents view re-explains the term in plain, non-judgemental language so a caregiver can understand what their child means without needing the surrounding subculture. The For English learners view focuses on register (when it's safe to use), formal alternatives, and common mistakes — what a textbook won't teach you.
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