To go down Meaning, Definition & Usage

Definitions
  1. . (a) To descend. (b) To go below the horizon; as, the sun has gone down. (c) To sink; to founder; said of ships, etc. (d) To be swallowed; used literally or figuratively. Colloq.
    Nothing so ridiculous, . . . but it goes down whole with him for truth. L' Estrange.

Webster 1913