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ups and downs N

III . down1 [daʊn] PREP

IV . down1 [daʊn] VB trans

down2 <down(s)> [daʊn] N

knock-down ADJ

2. knock-down mainly Brit:

upside down ADV

1. upside down:

2. upside down:

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When my husband was a baby, he wore hand-me-downs and slept in a dresser drawer.
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Frisky downs his dinner in a flash of a second and runs off.
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The choir has seen various ups and downs during its more than 1,000-year history.
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Genetic analysis reveals that the presence of functioning DAF-16 is required to produce the extended lifespan observed in DAF-2 knock-downs.
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I got all the hand-me-downs.
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He has gone through many ups and downs.
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Although only a mind reader could know why she'd tied down the kayak this way, it appeared that the angled mounting made the tie-downs easier to reach.
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The bank has taken steep write-downs on its tax credit business.
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Agitators used sabotage, threats and violence causing disastrous slow-downs and shut-downs that were detrimental to the war effort.
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Talking animatedly, she downs a couple of glasses of wine from a decanter on the sideboard and tosses the wineglass on the floor.
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