go down
1 (v + adv) fall in level, value, etc INTRANSITIVEtit verb ísligh verb laghdaigh verb the crime rate is going down tá an ráta coireachta ag titim, tá an ráta coireachta ag laghdúshares have gone down in price tá praghas scaireanna tar éis titimthe debt went down by 5% laghdaigh na fiacha 5%, tháinig laghdú 5% ar na fiacha 2 (v + adv) deteriorate INTRANSITIVEtit verb the standard has gone down tá an caighdeán tar éis titim, níl an caighdeán chomh maith agus a bhíodhthe area has gone down in popularity níl an tóir chéanna ar an gceantarTaispeáin iontráil iomlán
3 (v + adv) fall to the ground INTRANSITIVEtit verb téigh síos the four of them went down in a heap thit an ceathrar acu i mullach a chéilethe plane went down thit an t-eitleán go talamhthe goalkeeper went down to his left chuaigh an cúl báire síos ar a chlé 4 (v + prep) go to a familiar place
TRANSITIVEshe went down the shops chuaigh sí síos chuig na siopaíto go down the country dul síos faoin tír
5 (v + adv) ship INTRANSITIVEtéigh go tóin poill two ships went down chuaigh dhá long go tóin poill, bádh dhá long, cailleadh dhá long 6 (v + adv) sun, moon INTRANSITIVEtéigh faoi PhrV the sun went down in Galway Bay chuaigh an ghrian faoi i gCuan na Gaillimhe 7 (v + adv) be dimmed INTRANSITIVEtéigh as PhrV múch verb when the lights went down nuair a cuireadh as na soilse, nuair a múchadh na soilse 8 (v + adv) COMP stop working INTRANSITIVEclis verb if the network goes down má chliseann ar an líonra, má chliseann an líonra 9 (v + adv) food swallowed INTRANSITIVEtéigh síos it went down the wrong way on me chuaigh sé le m'anáil, chuaigh sé síos an bealach mícheart orm 10 (v + adv) be received INTRANSITIVEhow did that go down with them? cén chaoi ar thaitin sé sin leo?, conas a ghlac siad leis sin?, cad é a shíl siad de sin?it didn't go down too well ní róshásta a bhíothas leis, ní rabhthas róthógtha leis 11 (v + adv) SPOR, POL be defeated TRANSITIVEcaill verb they went down by three points to Galway chaill siad le trí chúilín in aghaidh na Gaillimhe 12 (v + adv) SPOR be relegated INTRANSITIVEtéigh síos ísliú céime a fháilwe went down to the third division chuamar síos go dtí roinn a trí 13 (v + adv) informal be sentenced to prison INTRANSITIVEhe deserved to go down bhí sé tuillte aige go ngearrfaí príosún airyou'll go down for life cuirfear príosún saoil ort 14 (v + adv) informal happen INTRANSITIVEtarlaigh verb tit amach PhrV I'm not sure what's going down níl mé cinnte cad atá ag tarlú, níl mé cinnte céard atá ag titim amach → féach go