Down
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directional preposition
- Turn that music down! (direction in scale)
affix
- downtown, downstairs, downstream, downwind, etc.
perfective particle
- Write that down.
- She practiced her routine until she get it down.
- The car broke down. There was a break-down in negotiations.
- He'd read it down to the footnotes[sup]1[/sup] = [i]il a tout lu, même les notes de bas de page[/i]
idiomatic
down with = OK with, evolution of "down" from "hip, in, etc." notion of having joined the group, being quite good friends with (down with), etc.
