come down

verb

1. 1

   get sick

   She fell sick last Friday, and now she is in the hospital

2. 2

   be the essential element

   The proposal boils down to a compromise

3. 3

   criticize or reprimand harshly

   The critics came down hard on the new play

4. 4

   move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way

   The temperature is going down

   The barometer is falling

5. 5

   fall from clouds

   rain, snow and sleet were falling

   Vesuvius precipitated its fiery, destructive rage on Herculaneum