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down
Slow down!
Mandrake
comics
Fred Fredericks Created by Lee Falk 2 September 2004
http://www.kingfeatures.com/features/comics/mandrake/about.htm
Kraven! He --
threw me -- down!
Spiderman
comics
Stan Lee 25 February 2005
http://www.kingfeatures.com/features/comics/spidermn/about.htm
let down
(transitive)
"laisser tomber",
abandonner, décevoir (citizens)
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/mar/05/
bieber-o2-apology-twitter
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2010/sep/05/tony-blair-gordon-brown-uk-troops
https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2005/nov/06/iraq.military
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2005/sep/04/
hurricanekatrina.usa5
drive down (transitive)
baisser, faire baisser (price)
https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2020/02/17/
803762187/the-who-knows-insulin-is-too-expensive-
how-it-plans-to-drive-down-the-price
phase down (transitive)
réduire progressivement (hydrofluorocarbons)
https://www.npr.org/2022/09/20/
1123433566/hydrofluorocarbons-banned-us
shut down
(transitive /
intransitive)
1- souvent utilisé
dans un contexte explicite ou implicite
de danger,
répression, censure,
interdiction, rétorsion
fermer
intransitif > sujet : colleges,
Britain’s last coal-fired power plant
fermer
transitif > objet : theaters,
schools
fermer (définitivement)
(social
media platforms,
prison, bank account,
an extreme rightwing
website,
système d'exploitation, université, journal),
"fermer ses portes"
(company),
clore, mettre fin à
(inquiry, program)
"baisser le rideau"
(sujet : gun shops)
arrêter, tout arrêter, mettre à l'arrêt, "paralyser"
(sujet : Covid-19)
s'arrêter
(sujet : college sports, much of America, New York)
https://www.gocomics.com/mike-lester/2025/03/14
https://www.npr.org/2024/12/06/
nx-s1-5218625/sale-leaseback-rent-mortgage-easyknock
https://www.npr.org/2022/03/15/
1086054482/covid-school-shutdown-biggest-impacts
https://www.npr.org/2021/04/01/
983127382/cleaning-a-college-in-a-pandemic-
without-us-this-campus-shuts-down
https://www.npr.org/2020/05/27/
863011399/trump-threatens-to-shut-down-social-media-
after-twitter-adds-warning-on-his-twee
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2020/mar/20/
new-uk-taskforce-to-crack-down-on-coronavirus-profiteers
https://www.npr.org/2020/03/20/
818778465/with-college-sports-shut-down-
ncaa-hopes-to-give-senior-athletes-a-2nd-chance
https://www.npr.org/2020/03/20/
818505883/fbi-adjusts-to-persevere-through-pandemic-
as-much-of-america-shuts-down
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/18/
new-york-coronavirus-streets
https://www.npr.org/2020/03/17/
817136846/as-coronavirus-shuts-down-theaters-
universal-shifts-some-films-to-on-demand
https://www.npr.org/2020/03/17/
816579130/when-colleges-shut-down-some-students-have-nowhere-to-go
https://www.theguardian.com/world/gallery/2020/mar/16/
coronavirus-photos-us-new-york-seattle-washington
http://www.npr.org/sections/parallels/2016/11/15/
502010346/for-refugees-and-advocates-
an-anxious-wait-for-clarity-on-trumps-policy
https://www.nytimes.com/2015/07/19/
opinion/shut-down-rikers-island.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/04/
us/us-weighs-risks-and-motives-of-hacking-by-china-or-iran.html
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2010/aug/31/greenpeace-oil-rig-arctic
http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2010/feb/11/google-deletes-music-blogs
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/19/world/19intel.html
2 - shut down
(intransitive)
fermer,
fermer définitivement
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2024/sep/30/
end-of-an-era-as-britains-last-coal-fired-power-plant-shuts-down
https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2023/02/10/1
155790201/as-the-pandemic-ebbs-an-influential-covid-tracker-shuts-down
https://www.theguardian.com/world/gallery/2020/mar/16/
coronavirus-photos-us-new-york-seattle-washington
http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/08/31/
547545281/military-will-help-beaumont-get-fresh-water-
outage-forces-hospital-to-shut-down
http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/04/05/
522707158/joe-arpaios-infamous-tent-city-jail-in-maricopa-county-
will-shut-down
3 - shut down
(transitive)
battre "à plate couture", "écraser"
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/06/
sports/basketball/with-aggressive-defense-pacers-shut-down-knicks.html
keep down
(intransitive)
réduire (college costs)
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/28/
education/obamas-plan-to-control-college-costs-gets-mixed-reviews.html
go down
(intransitive)
baisser (house prices)
go down well (intransitive)
être accepté, "passer"
chop down (transitive)
réduire de
façon importante,
faire des coupes sombres (Pentagon spending)
rappel down
(intransitive)
descendre en rappel
tear down
(transitive)
démolir
/ faire tomber (wall, building),
"démolir" / "détruire" (the
establishment)
abattre (tree), arracher (hedge)
abattre / faire tomber avec parfois l'idée de déchiqueter / tordre
(contexte > cyclone > pieces of buildings and electrical lines),
mettre en pièce,
"déboulonner" (statue)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/04/
us/politics/biden-medals-freedom.html
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/sep/23/
neighbour-tore-down-hedge-solastalgia-environmental-activism-
global-south
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/07/
us/idaho-murders-house-demolition.html
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/feb/12/
tear-down-these-walls-
or-get-used-to-a-world-of-fear-separation-and-division
https://www.theguardian.com/news/audio/2021/jun/07/
why-every-statue-should-come-down
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/03/
opinion/sunday/zoning-laws-segregation-income.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/19/
opinion/why-the-survivors-should-return-to-pulse.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/28/us/detroit-
task-force-says-blight-cleanup-will-cost-850-million.html
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2009/oct/08/
david-cameron-conservative-conference
lock down
(intransitive
/ transitive)
"boucler" (the area),
fermer (borders),
se confiner
https://www.npr.org/sections/coronavirus-live-updates/2021/07/01/
1012106091/bangladesh-locks-down-as-daily-covid-cases-quintuple
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/28/
world/europe/france-germany-coronavirus-covid.html
https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2020/apr/21/
zimbabwe-faces-malaria-outbreak-as-it-locks-down-to-counter-coronavirus
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/27/
we-cant-let-up-hong-kong-battles-complacency-amid-new-wave-of-covid-19
https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2020/03/17/
816994811/eu-to-shut-borders-
as-france-germany-tighten-restrictions-to-control-coronavirus
crack down
(intransitive)
mettre fin à
quelque chose,
de manière radicale / répressive,
par une loi,
"ferme
ses portes" (contexte :
migration, immigration)
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/05/
us/africa-migrants-us-border.html
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/sep/04/
britain-dirty-money-laundry-mps-amendment-
economic-crime-corporate-transparency-bill
flag down
(transitive)
faire signe / faire un geste de la
main
pour arrêter un véhicule afin d'obtenir de
l'aide
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/21/
us/alabama-park-killing-stranded-motorist.html
double down
(intransitive)
"en rajouter une couche"
https://www.nprillinois.org/2023-04-25/
montana-gop-doubles-down-
after-blocking-trans-lawmaker-from-speaking-citing-decorum
face down
(transitive)
confronter, faire taire, mater (rebels, his critics)
hold down
(transitive)
maintenir à la baisse (stocks, petrol duties),
limiter
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2005/jun/14/
politics.money
come down
(intransitive)
s'écraser (helicopter, plane)
"tomber" (monuments,
statues, the Berlin Wall)
sous-entendu : "déboulonner" un
mythe
https://www.theguardian.com/news/audio/2021/jun/07/
why-every-statue-should-come-down
https://www.npr.org/2020/10/06/
919193176/confederate-statues-come-down-around-u-s-but-not-everywhere
https://www.npr.org/2020/07/13/
890122729/statues-of-conquistador-juan-de-o-ate-come-down-
as-new-mexico-wrestles-with-hist
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/12/
opinion/sunday/floyd-protests-white-supremacy.html
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/aug/10/connecticut-
plane-crash-six-feared-dead
slump down
(intransitive)
s'affaisser (JFK after being shot)
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/09/
us/politics/jfk-assassination-witness-paul-landis.html
turn down
(transitive)
refuser
(proposals
for work on pathogens like coronavirus,
talks,
bid, job, an OBE / honours)
équivalent en verbe sans particule
:
dismiss
baisser (volume)
https://www.npr.org/2022/12/02/
1140278989/putin-turns-down-biden-talks-ukraine-war
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/may/25/
exclusive-big-pharma-rejected-eu-plan-to-fast-track-vaccines-in-2017
http://www.npr.org/2017/02/16/
515393640/robert-harward-turns-down-job-as-national-security-adviser
https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2010/apr/11/
frank-skinner-interview-pope-benedict
http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2007/jun/21/
gordonbrown.labour
https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2006/mar/18/
arts.artsnews
vote down
(transitive)
rejeter (loi), voter contre
https://www.theguardian.com/media/2005/nov/16/
pressandpublishing.iraq
scale down (intransitive /
transitive)
réduire, diminuer (war)
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/14/
us/politics/israel-gaza-hamas-us.html
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2005/nov/30/
iraq.usa
take down (transitive)
actif
:
supprimer
souvent au passif : be
taken down
supprimer
(Facebook
account),
retirer, enlever (statue)
https://www.npr.org/2021/12/01/
1060645940/facebook-takes-down-china-based-fake-covid-claims
https://www.theguardian.com/news/audio/2021/jun/07/
why-every-statue-should-come-down
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/nov/10/
learning-from-the-germans-review-us-slavery
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/29/us/
politics/melania-trump.html
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/sep/05/
craigslist-sex-ads-anti-prostitution
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2010/jul/15/
raoul-moat-facebook-page-deleted
pin down
(transitive)
passif :
be pinned down
cataloguer, définir, étiqueter (au sens figuré),
trouver (motive), établir
(more precise timing)
https://www.npr.org/2021/02/18/
969063568/ancient-trees-show-when-the-earths-magnetic-field-last-flipped-out
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/04/us/
us-weighs-risks-and-motives-of-hacking-by-china-or-iran.html
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/22/nyregion/22pinney.html
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/16/us/politics/16confirm.html
tone down (transitive)
atténuer, baisser d'un cran,
mettre un bémol à (immigration rhetoric)
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2005/apr/19/
asylum.politics
drag down (transitive)
tirer vers le bas, faire baisser /
chuter,
faire déprimer,
(your mental health, shares of other home builders)
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2023/oct/22/
ask-philippa-perry-
my-mums-depression-drags-me-down-i-feel-i-need-to-stay-away
https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2021/10/16/
1034201715/home-workout-exercise-tips
sit down
(intransitive)
s'asseoir
https://www.theguardian.com/news/2005/jan/26/
food.britishidentity
run down
décroître (oil production),
traîner dans la boue, calomnier (the
national health service)
dumb down
devenir bête, perdre en qualité (journal)
pass down (transitive)
transmettre (the legacy of conservatism)
wear down
épuiser, exténuer
shoot down
(transitive)
abattre
une cible avec un missile, une balle, etc.
(object,
drone, helicopter, plane, civilian)
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2024/apr/14/
raf-shot-down-iran-drones-israel-sunak
https://www.npr.org/2023/02/10/
1156114384/u-s-shoots-down-high-altitude-object-over-alaska
https://www.nytimes.com/2015/11/25/
world/europe/turkey-syria-russia-military-plane.html
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2010/apr/05/
wikileaks-us-army-iraq-attack
gun down
(transitive)
abattre
une personne avec une arme à feu,
tuer /
"descendre" / "flinguer"
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/31/
mexican-journalist-gunned-down-in-first-fatal-attack-of-2020
https://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/24/
us/castle-law-at-issue-after-fatal-montana-shooting.html
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2012/may/13/
taliban-fears-afghan-police-british-soldiers
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2008/jun/01/
iraq
bang down
enfoncer (porte), jeter violemment
kick down
(transitive)
enfoncer (door)
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/03/
us/gun-violence-survivors-support-group.html
get down
(transitive)
réduire
(inflation)
splash down
(intransitive)
amerrir
https://www.npr.org/2021/05/02/
991232213/astronauts-splash-down-in-spacex-dragon-capsule-
after-6-months-in-orbit
step down /
stand
down (intransitive)
démissionner
(from the cabinet, as Tory leader
and PM,
as an MP, as Labour leader),
"passer la main"
https://www.gocomics.com/garymarkstein/2024/07/22
https://www.npr.org/2024/02/28/
1163447619/mitch-mcconnell-steps-down
https://www.npr.org/2024/01/05/
1223160632/nra-wayne-lapierre-steps-down-resigns
https://www.npr.org/2021/07/05/
1013166252/jeff-bezos-built-amazon-27-years-ago-
he-now-steps-down-as-ceo-at-critical-time
https://www.npr.org/2021/02/02/
963370968/jeff-bezos-to-step-down-as-amazons-ceo
https://www.npr.org/2020/01/17/
797107259/after-controversial-leaders-step-down-
the-womens-march-tries-again-in-2020
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/25/world/europe/britain-
brexit-european-union-referendum.html
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/12/us/
politics/after-eric-cantor-primary-defeat-house-republicans-take-stock.html
http://www.guardian.co.uk/culture/2013/jan/25/kevin-spacey-old-vic-legacy
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2012/apr/03/james-murdoch-quits-bskyb
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2012/jan/23/blackberry-ceos-resign-rim
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/25/technology/jobs-stepping-down-as-chief-of-apple.html
http://dealbook.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/10/29/youtube-chief-hurley-to-step-down/
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/06/business/06advise.html
http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2010/may/10/gordon-brown-resignation-statement
http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2010/mar/02/ian-paisley-northern-ireland
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2007/jun/23/
uk.partyfunding
https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2005/may/06/
politics.election2005
break down
(transitive / intransitive)
enfoncer
(door),
venir à bout de,
vaincre
(a Swedish team who held the lead
from the third
minute),
faire tomber
(racial barriers),
définir précisément
(gentrification)
intransitive:
tomber en panne (computer systems),
craquer nerveusement,
se répartir, "se ventiler"
(sujet : How the $2 trillion)
s'effondrer en larmes
(in
tears),
"s'effondrer" (civil
order)
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2023/12/08/
world/israel-hamas-war-gaza-news
The Cost of Gentrification in
Brooklyn -
Beyond the Scenes | The Daily Show
- 30 August 2022
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3tgBd7_HWX8
https://www.npr.org/2020/05/10/
852512047/as-food-supply-chain-breaks-down-farm-to-door-csas-take-off
https://www.npr.org/2020/03/26/
821457551/whats-inside-the-senate-s-2-trillion-coronavirus-aid-package
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/25/nyregion/
hal-jackson-pioneer-in-radio-and-racial-progress-dies-at-96.html
https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2011/nov/17/
stephen-lawrence-best-friend-evidence
https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2008/oct/25/
jean-charles-de-menezes-trial
https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2007/oct/16/
menezes
https://www.theguardian.com/football/2005/jun/12/
womensfootball.sport
water down
(transitive)
édulcorer, minimiser
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2010/feb/10/
binyam-mohamed-judge-deleted-ruling
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2007/apr/10/
comment.georgemonbiot
hand down
(transitive)
remettre (a summary
execution order),
"prononcer" / infliger
(a
nearly 20-year sentence,
a 49-year prison sentence)
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/03/
us/alex-murdaugh-murder-sentencing.html
https://www.npr.org/2022/12/28/
1145812509/gov-whitmer-plot-sentence-croft
https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/05/16/
528602477/1st-man-prosecuted-
for-federal-hate-crime-targeting-transgender-victim-gets-49-y
play down (transitive)
relativiser,
minimiser
(coronavirus, Iran nuclear threat),
limiter la portée de,
démentir, rejeter (any suggestion...)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/02/
business/klarna-ceo-ai.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/28/
opinion/coronavirus-trump-coverup.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/15/
opinion/trump-coronavirus.html
Iran Played Down the Coronavirus.
Then Its Officials Got Sick
video - NYT - 10 March 2020
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lm2UFynetJw
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2010/jan/25/
bill-gates-web-censorship-china
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2008/jul/19/nuclear.turkey
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2007/oct/07/politics.usa
https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2006/jul/23/ukcrime.lornamartin
https://www.theguardian.com/football/2005/nov/09/newsstory.sport
tamp down (transitive)
minimiser
(expectations)
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/06/us/politics/06expect.html
rip down
démolir
(certains sites historiques
après la 2e guerre mondiale
au Royaume-Uni)
write down
écrire
pour down
(intransitive)
s'abattre (subject: rain)
https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2012/nov/24/
rain-pours-down-on-saturated-britain
note down
noter, prendre par écrit
touch down
(intransitive)
atterrir,
s'abattre (contexte :
tornadoes)
https://www.npr.org/2024/12/28/
nx-s1-5241750/severe-weather-tornadoes-holiday-travel
https://www.npr.org/2024/05/09/
1250135938/deadly-tornadoes-southeast-storms
https://www.npr.org/2023/03/23/
1165568790/tornado-landspout-los-angeles-california-montebello-santa-barbara
https://www.npr.org/2021/02/16/
968262631/tornado-touches-down-in-coastal-north-carolina
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2021/feb/18/
nasa-perseverance-rover-mars-lands-life
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2010/sep/15/
popes-visit-your-essential-guide
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2005/aug/10/
sciencenews.spaceexploration
tick down
(intransitive)
baisser légèrement (oil prices)
whittle down
(intransitive)
réduire progressivement, petit à
petit
(physicians'
reimbursements)
cut down
(transitive)
abattre (tree),
faucher (sens figuré), tuer (sens figuré) ->
(by a bomb)
https://www.npr.org/2023/09/29/
1202609966/despair-flows-after-englands-sycamore-gap-tree-is-cut-down-
could-it-regrow
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2020/sep/14/
tree-of-the-week-
im-always-afraid-someone-will-cut-down-this-lonely-sycamore-
its-a-relief-just-to-see-it
knock down
(transitive)
envoyer par terre / au tapis (boxe), abattre (tree),
faire tomber (bridge,
contexte >
tempête, tornade >
trees,
power lines)
démolir (wall, building, house)
https://www.npr.org/2024/05/09/
1250135938/deadly-tornadoes-southeast-storms
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/
divers-search-baltimore-harbor-six-presumed-dead-bridge-collapse-2024-03-27/
https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2007/dec/09/
rickyhatton
wipe down (transitive)
nettoyer avec
une lingette
(every surface possible
with bleach wipes)
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/mar/24/
nurse-coronavirus-journal-er-diaries
lay down
(intransitive, transitive)
déposer
(arms),
imposer / "dicter"
(law -> contexte : sport,
conflit),
présenter / donner les grandes lignes d'un projet
(an
action plan and the milestones
that the immigration, prison and probation services need
to meet to make the Home Office "fit for purpose")
s'allonger
https://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/21/
us/politics/21immig.html
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2006/jun/21/
prisonsandprobation.immigration
hunker down
(intransitive
/ transitive)
se retrancher
(contexte :
in a deep freeze)
ne pas sortir de chez soi
https://www.npr.org/2024/10/09/
nx-s1-5147404/florida-hurricane-milton-residents-wait-prepare
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/ng-interactive/2023/dec/06/
the-winterkeeper-steven-fuller-yellowstone-national-park
https://www.npr.org/2022/12/25/
1145468209/millions-in-the-u-s-are-hunkering-down-
from-a-freezing-and-deadly-christmas-stor
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/jul/17/
uk-heatwave-how-to-keep-cool-and-stay-safe-in-40c
https://www.npr.org/2021/08/24/
1030563098/at-risk-afghans-who-fear-the-taliban-hunker-down-
and-wait-to-leave
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/29/
us/tornado-coronavirus-arkansas.html
track down
(transitive)
poursuivre, pourchasser,
traquer et capturer,
arrêter
(escaped
Idaho prison gang member and his accomplice)
dépister,
retrouver
https://www.npr.org/2024/03/21/
1239813457/idaho-police-search-for-escaped-inmate-and-accomplice-
after-ambush-at-boise-hosp
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2010/sep/04/
tracked-down-khmer-rouge-killer-14000
https://www.theguardian.com/world/blog/2009/nov/02/
scientology-expose-track-down-former-members
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2008/jul/19/
familyandrelationships5
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
I_Shot_the_Sheriff
- 1973
hunt down
(transitive)
pourchasser, traquer
burn down
(intransitive
/ transitive)
réduire en cendres,
totalement détruire par le feu
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/15/
us/tulsa-race-massacre-murders-dna.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/29/
us/oregon-fires.html
wolf down (transitive)
engloutir, dévorer, manger, "se jeter sur" (sandwiches)
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2013/apr/20/
margaret-thatcher-funeral-friends-enemies
clamp down
(intransitive)
"donner un tour de vis",
prendre des mesures strictes
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/jul/25/
europe-clamps-down-amid-fears-over-rapid-spread-of-delta-variant
settle down
(intransitve)
se calmer, s'installer
calm down
(intransitve)
se calmer
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2024/sep/15/
all-the-rage-why-anger-drives-the-world-josh-cohen
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2006/feb/24/
usnews.comment
pipe down
(intransitive)
se calmer, se tenir tranquille
cool down (intransitve)
se rafraîchir, passer de mode
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2010/oct/24/
gordon-ramsay-chef-troubles
https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2006/jul/20/
healthandwellbeing.weather
pull down
(transitive)
baisser (store), démolir (mur, bâtiment),
faire baisser / reculer, plomber, tirer vers le bas (FTSE)
back down
(intransitive)
céder, reculer, "faire marche arrière",
revenir sur
(politique, décision, propos)
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/23/
opinion/the-house-backs-down-on-the-payroll-tax-cut.html
https://www.theguardian.com/media/2005/feb/16/
pressandpublishing.londonpolitics
put down
(transitive)
lâcher, laisser tomber / poser, déposer (arms),
tuer / éliminer (enemy)
abattre / tuer, "euthanasier", piquer (animal),
mettre / envoyer au tapis (boxe)
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2023/feb/24/
my-dog-needs-an-operation-
i-cant-afford-should-i-try-to-find-the-money-or-put-him-down
bog down
s'enliser, s'embourber (literal / figurative)
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/13/
opinion/president-obama-challenges-congress-in-his-state-of-the-union.html
slow down
(intransitive)
ralentir (sujet: you, growth, Internet)
https://www.npr.org/2023/12/06/
1216557190/car-crash-accident-speeding-technology-slow-down-
speed-assistance
https://www.npr.org/2022/07/22/
1112484935/nasa-engineer-nagin-cox-mars-rover
https://www.npr.org/2021/09/24/
1039676445/laziness-does-not-exist-devon-price
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2013/mar/27/
cyber-attack-spamhaus-slows-down-internet
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2005/may/25/
politics.economicpolicy2
strike down
(transitive)
assomer,
abattre,
abattre par arme à feu,
mettre à terre
mettre hors d'état de nuire,
rejeter,
invalider
(justice > an antipiracy regulation,
a 33-year-old state law
against gay marriage)
https://www.npr.org/2019/06/21/
732159330/supreme-court-strikes-down-
conviction-of-mississippi-man-on-death-row-for-22-yea
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/01/nyregion/01death.html
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/05/07/technology/07tele.html
bring down
(transitive)
faire tomber,
chuter
(politician, the Iron Curtain),
"déboulonner"
(statue)
faire baisser, réduire
(drug
prices, world oil prices, the unemployment rate,
high blood
pressure),
descendre
(their pianos on the
street)
"faire
couler"
(company)
https://www.npr.org/2022/11/15/
1136641651/ftx-bankruptcy-sam-bankman-fried-ftt-crypto-cryptocurrency-binance
https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2023/11/17/
1213612489/sen-sanders-pushes-nih-to-rein-in-drug-prices
https://www.theguardian.com/news/audio/2021/jun/07/
why-every-statue-should-come-down
https://www.theguardian.com/news/audio/2020/aug/14/
could-a-belarus-protest-movement-bring-down-
the-president-alexander-lukashenko-podcast
https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2016/12/01/
503860200/why-cant-we-bring-down-the-number-of-new-hiv-cases
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/07/opinion/the-next-fight-over-jobs.html
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2009/may/25/
watergate-washington-post-times
grind down
(transitive)
abattre, oppresser, broyer
mow down
(transitive)
abattre, renverser, "faucher"
(sens littéral / figuré : être fauché
par une voiture),
mitrailler
(two dozen people)
Contexte > guerre, accidents de la route
https://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/05/
opinion/no-more-thoughts-and-prayers.html
https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2012/apr/19/
birmingham-riots-murder-trial-footage
close down
(intransitive
/ transitive)
fermer définitivement
(usine, commerce, chatroom),
fermer
(contexte de répression)
https://www.npr.org/2020/04/25/
844783238/threadgills-
the-austin-venue-that-helped-launch-janis-joplin-closes-down
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2007/feb/23/
politics.arms
wind down (intransitive / transitive)
réduire
(air strikes),
mettre fin à
(its 12-year-old military commitment in Afghanistan),
toucher à sa fin
(the pandemic),
tirer à sa fin,
prendre fin / être presque fini, se terminer / s'achever
(evacuation, term, year, war on terror)
diminuer en importance, "liquider"
https://www.npr.org/2023/05/04/
1173697394/as-the-pandemic-winds-down-
anti-vaccine-activists-are-building-a-legal-network
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/28/
world/asia/afghanistan-evacuations.html
https://www.npr.org/2020/12/26/
949763228/from-polio-to-the-covid-vaccine-dr-peter-salk-sees-great-progress
https://www.npr.org/2020/03/16/
812869515/as-the-war-on-terror-winds-down-the-pentagon-cuts-social-science
http://www.npr.org/2017/06/20/
533657035/as-term-winds-down-
supreme-court-says-it-will-take-on-political-gerrymandering
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/21/
opinion/an-exit-strategy-from-afghanistan.html
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/29/
business/economy/extended-federal-unemployment-benefits-begin-to-wind-down.html
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2011/oct/20/
nato-libya-war-26000-missions
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2011/apr/02/
libyan-conflict-descending-into-stalemate
piss down
(intransitive)
"flotter", "tomber" (pluie)
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