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What does this phrasal verb mean: 'to do down'? Is it an idiom?



 
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What does this phrasal verb mean: 'to do down'? Is it an idiom? #1 (permalink) Thu Apr 14, 2005 11:38 am   What does this phrasal verb mean: 'to do down'? Is it an idiom?
 

Explain to me, please, what go down means in the following sentence:

A cold beer would go down a treat.

Does it mean swallow here?
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Go down #2 (permalink) Fri Apr 15, 2005 9:13 am   Go down
 

do you probably mean
to go down the throat. ??
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Go down #3 (permalink) Fri Apr 15, 2005 12:07 pm   Go down
 

No, Michael. I read it in a book. Here is the conversation:

- I'm fed up with revising. Let's go out for a beer.

- Now you're talking! A cold beer would go down a treat.
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Go down #4 (permalink) Wed Apr 20, 2005 15:21 pm   Go down
 

according to the cambridge dictionary go down a treat is an idiom, if something goes down a treat, people enjoy it very much

hope that helpe
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Go down #5 (permalink) Wed Apr 20, 2005 19:18 pm   Go down
 

This phrasal verb idiom has the idea of being acceptable. Consider these :

Your speech went down well at the wedding.(People enjoyed it)

My comments about the meal didn't go down well with the cook. (The cook was annoyed with my remarks)

On a formal occasion like this casual clothes just don't go down at all well. (People disapprove of these clothes)
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Go down #6 (permalink) Sat Apr 23, 2005 8:00 am   Go down
 

Thank you Alan and Hany.
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