English-Italian translations for come down

• scendere
  Il nostro obiettivo dev’essere quello di scendere al di sotto della soglia di spesa dell’1 per cento del reddito interno lordo. The target should be to come down below the expenditure ceiling of 1% of gross domestic income.
  Spesso accusata di arroganza, la Commissione è stata invece capace di scendere dal suo piedistallo. Although often suspected of arrogance, the Commission has managed to come down off its pedestal.
  Questo è l’unico modo di indurci a scendere dalla nostra torre d’avorio e a non emanare più leggi avulse dal contesto o imposte dall’alto. That is the only way of ensuring that we come down from our ivory tower and that we no longer issue laws in a vacuum or from the top down.

Definition of come down

• To descend, fall down, collapse
• To be demolished
• To decrease
• To reach a decision
• To be passed through time
• To return from an elevated state of consciousness or emotion
• To graduate from university, especially an Oxbridge university

Examples

• A tree came down and hit me on the head.
• The damage sustained in the fire is so great that the whole building will have to come down.
• Real estate prices have come down since the peak of the boom
• I cant guess which way the board will come down on the project
• Much wisdom has come down in the form of proverbs
• He finally came down from his post-bonus high

Related words

• come down on
• come down with
• come down to
• come down to earth
• come down in torrents
• come on down
• come tumbling down
• come crashing down
• comedown