DOWN

Meanings:

1. Down indicates movement from a higher position to a lower position and can be used after many verbs to express this movement. The movement expressed by down can be physical, e.g. ‘A huge rock rolled down the mountainside’, or figurative, e.g. ‘Interest rates came down 1% in the last quarter’.

Bend, climb, come, fall, get, go, hand, let, lie, look, pipe, pull, put, run, set, sit, step, take, throw down.

2. Down can literally mean "downstairs", e.g. ‘We asked the neighbors down for dinner last night’, ‘Mabel, honey would you go down and get me a glass of milk?’

Ask, bring, come, go, run, send, take down.

3. Down often means to reduce or diminish, in degree or intensity. ‘The party noise only died down at about four in the mornilng’. 

Beat, bring, close, cool, cut (on), die, feel, knock, mark, narrow, pipe, play, quiet, shut, simmer, slow, tone, turn, water down.

4. The meaning of down described in point 3 (agove) can be more negative, involving intimidation, humiliation, repression or even destruction. ‘The The authorities have cracked down on drunk drivers, who can even face a prison sentence’. ‘They pulled down the old building to make way for a new music megastore.’

Break, bring, burn, chop, clamp, crack, (on), cut, drag, dress, get, hold, hunt, knock, let, look (on), mow, pull, put, run, shoot, shout, shut, take, talk, talk (to), tear down.

5. Down is often used with verbs to mean "set or record in writing". ‘I couldn’t get his whole speech down, he was talking too fast.’. ‘Please write down the name of that restaurant for me’.

Jot, note, put, set, get, take, write down.