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a downer (drug)

a drug that relaxes you, a sedative Before bedtime he took a downer to help him relax and sleep.

a downer (sadness)

an event or statement that causes sadness News of the war was a downer. Most of the people dreadedwar.

a dressing down

a scolding, a lecture, a piece of my mind Mother gave me a dressing down when I said bad words.

back down

yield, not challenge, not stand up to Ole won't back down from you. He's ready to fight.

bear down

try harder, bite the bullet If you bear down a little, you can graduate this year.

bed down

lie down and sleep, find a place to sleep After grazing in the valley, the deer will bed down on the hill.

blow me down

I am very surprised, I do not believe it Well, blow me down, Olive. You can cook spinach, too!

bog down

slow to a stop The negotiations bogged down when the union said they would not negotiate about the part-time workers.

break down

fail, not operate, out of order If that copier breaks down again I'm going to give it away.

breakdown

sudden health failure, fall apart After his breakdown, he found an occupation with less stress.

sluice down

1. To cascade down (from or into something) in ample amounts. The rain is absolutely sluicing down outside. I could apprehend the babble of the baptize sluicing audibly down the cesspool in the bath abutting to my room.2. To apple-pie or bathe article with a ample breeze or beck of water. In this usage, a noun or pronoun can be acclimated amid "sluice" and "down." The bang-up told me to go douse down the stables and put down beginning hay. It's an old filmmakers' ambush to douse down the anchorage back cutting at night—they appearance up abundant bigger on blur that way.Learn more: down, sluice

sluice something down

to bathe article down; to flood the apparent of article with baptize or added aqueous to apple-pie it. John sluiced the driveway down. Karen sluiced down the barn floor.Learn more: down, sluice

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break the news break the record break the silence break through break up break up (with someone) break your fall break your heart breakdown breath of fresh air breath of wind breathe a sigh of relief breathe down my neck breathe down one breathe easy breathe one's last brick slow up slow your roll slower slower and slower slower than molasses slower than molasses in January slowly slowly but surely slowpoke SLR sludge ball sludgeball slue slued slues of (something) sluff sluff off slug slug away (at something) slug bug slug it out slugfest slugged slugged up sluice sluice down sluice out slum it slummy slump slump behind (someone or something) slump down slump down in slump down in (something) slump down into (something) slump over slung slunk slur slur over slur over (something) slush slush fund slush up slushed slushed up slut slut's wool sly sly as a fox SMA