phrase thesaurus

A list of phrases containing the word "down"...


  • A Spoonful Of Sugar Helps The Medicine Go Down ( Julie Andrews song )
  • Atishoo atishoo all fall down
  • Away go troubles down the drain ( Roto-Rooter advertising slogan )
  • Back down
  • Bang, bang, Maxwell's silver hammer came down upon her head ( The Beatles song lyric )
  • Batten down the hatches ( the meaning and origin of this phrase... )
  • Bear down
  • Bear down on
  • Bed down
  • Black Hawk Down ( Ewan McGregor movie )
  • Bob up and down
  • Bogged down
  • Boils down to
  • Bolt down
  • Boogie on down
  • Bow down before
  • Bread always falls butter side down ( the meaning and origin of this phrase... )
  • Breathing down your neck
  • Bring down
  • Bring the house down
  • Brought down
  • Brought down to earth
  • Buckle down ( the meaning and origin of this phrase... )
  • Burning Down The House ( Talking Heads song )
  • By the hairs on my chinny chin chin, I'll blow your house down
  • Calm down
  • Calm down, calm down ( A catchphrase from Harry Enfield In The Scousers )
  • Can't Slow Down ( Lionel Richie album )
  • Caught with your pants down
  • Caught with your trousers down
  • Chow down ( the meaning and origin of this phrase... )
  • Chucking it down
  • Clamp down on
  • Come down hard on
  • Come down on someone like a ton of bricks
  • Come down to earth with a bump
  • Come down to the line
  • Come on down ( A catchphrase from The Price Is Right ) ( the meaning and origin of this phrase... )
  • Cool down
  • Couldn't put it down
  • Cut someone down in their prime
  • Cut someone down to size
  • Death is nature's way of telling you to slow down
  • Dial down ( adjust a device to reduce sound or temperature )
  • Don't Let The Sun Go Down On Me ( Elton John song )
  • Don't kick a man when he's down
  • Don't let the bastards grind you down ( the meaning and origin of this phrase... )
  • Don't take it lying down
  • Doss down
  • Double down
  • Down Under ( Nickname of Australia )
  • Down among the dead men
  • Down and out
  • Down at heel
  • Down boy
  • Down came a blackbird and pecked off her nose ( line from nursery rhyme )
  • Down for the count
  • Down in the dumps
  • Down in the mouth
  • Down it in one
  • Down memory lane
  • Down on all fours
  • Down on his luck
  • Down pat
  • Down south
  • Down the drain
  • Down the hatch
  • Down the pan
  • Down the tubes
  • Down to earth
  • Down to the ground
  • Down to the last out ( A baseball expression meaning to have one last chance )
  • Down to the pub for a quick one
  • Down to the wire
  • Down tools
  • Dress down
  • Dress down Friday
  • Dressing down
  • Drill down
  • Drop down dead
  • Dumbing down
  • Dust down
  • Eye someone up and down
  • Face down
  • Fall down on the job
  • Falling down drunk
  • Fire down below
  • Garbage something down
  • Get down
  • Get down Shep ( A catchphrase from John Noakes On Blue Peter )
  • Get down and dirty
  • Get down and get funky
  • Get down to brass tacks
  • Get down to business
  • Get down with the kids
  • Get the low down
  • Get your head down
  • Go down a storm
  • Go down fighting
  • Go down for the third time
  • Go down in flames
  • Go down on
  • Go down on bended knee
  • Go down the drain
  • Go down the tubes
  • Go down the wrong way
  • Go down to the wire
  • Go down with flying colours
  • Go down with the ship
  • Going down
  • Going down the tubes
  • Got it down to a fine art
  • Gun down
  • Hand me down
  • Hands up if you use Right Guard, Hands down if you don't ( Right Guard antiperspirant advertising slogan )
  • Hard to pin down
  • He huffed and he puffed and he blew their house down
  • He's got a yellow streak down his back
  • Hoe down
  • Hold down a job
  • Hose down
  • Hunker down
  • Hunt down
  • Hurry on down to Hardee's ( Rolaids advertising slogan )
  • I get knocked down, but I get up again ( Chumbawumba song )
  • I'm Down ( Beatles song )
  • If you lie down with dogs, you will get up with fleas
  • It all boils down to this
  • It went down the wrong way
  • It won't let you down ( Sure anti-perspirant advertising slogan )
  • Itsy Bitsy spider climbing up the spout, down came the rain and washed the spider out ( line from nursery rhyme )
  • Jack fell down and broke his crown ( line from nursery rhyme )
  • Jot down
  • Jump down my throat
  • Jumping up and down with annoyance
  • Keep it down
  • Keep your head down
  • Kick a man when he's down
  • Kick the can further down the road
  • Kicking dead whales down the beach
  • Kip down
  • Knock down drag out
  • Knuckle down to
  • Lay down roots
  • Lay down rubber
  • Lay down your arms
  • Lay down your life
  • Lay the law down
  • Let down
  • Let me take you down, cos I'm going to Strawberry Fields ( Beatles song lyric )
  • Let not the sun go down on your wrath
  • Let the side down
  • Let your hair down
  • Levelling down
  • Lie down on the job
  • Lie down with dogs: get up with fleas
  • London bridge is falling down ( line from nursery rhyme )
  • Look down on
  • Look down your nose
  • Look someone up and down
  • Lose hands down
  • Mark down
  • Mister Gorbachev, tear down this wall! ( A slogan from President Reagan )
  • Mow down
  • Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall ( Political slogan )
  • Nail down
  • Narrow down
  • Never kick a dog when he's down
  • On lock down
  • Pace up and down
  • Park yourself down
  • Party down
  • Pass down
  • Pipe down
  • Put someone down
  • Put the hammer down
  • Put your foot down
  • Ring aring of roses, a pocketful of posies, atishoo, atishoo, all fall down ( line from nursery rhyme )
  • Ring down the curtain
  • Round down
  • Scroll down
  • Send down
  • Shake down
  • Shoot down in flames ( destroy an argument or theory )
  • Shoot him down in flames
  • Shove it down someone's throat
  • Show down
  • Sold down the river
  • Splash down
  • Stand down
  • Step down
  • Suits you down to a tee
  • Suits you down to the ground
  • Take down a peg or two
  • Talk down to
  • Teeming down with rain
  • The bread always falls buttered side down
  • The chips are down
  • The lion may lie down with the lamb, but the lamb won't get much sleep ( Woody Allen line )
  • The low down
  • Throw down the gauntlet
  • Thumbs down
  • Thunder from Down Under ( Nickname of Konstantin Kostya Tszyu )
  • Top down
  • Trade down
  • Turn that frown upside down
  • Up and down like a bride's nightie
  • Up and down like a whore's drawers
  • Up and down like the Ottoman Empire ( line from Monty Python's Life Of Brian )
  • Up and down the city road
  • Up hill and down dale
  • Water down
  • Watership Down ( Richard Adams book )
  • Well blow me down
  • Went down like a lead balloon
  • What goes up must come down
  • When the bough breaks the cradle will fall, and down will come baby, cradle and all ( line from nursery rhyme )
  • When the chips are down
  • Whenever I feel the need to exercise, I lie down until it goes away ( Robert Maynard Hutchins quotation )
  • Winning hands down
  • Wolf down
  • You can't keep a good man down
  • You could have knocked me down with a feather
  • Your choice down at Wendy's, where quality is our recipe ( Wendy Burgers advertising slogan )

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