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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - comedown

 
 

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Comedown

comedown
~ n C usually singular informal a situation that is not as good, important, interesting etc as the situation you had previously  (The `King of Wall Street' is bankrupt! What a comedown!)  (- see also come down come1)
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  Note: in BRIT, also use 'come-down' If you say that something is a comedown, you think that it is not as good as something else that you have just done or had. The prospect of relegation is a comedown for a club that finished second two seasons ago. N-SING: a N ...
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   noun  Date: 1840 a descent in rank or dignity ...
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  n. 1 a loss of status; decline or degradation. 2 a disappointment. ...
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  {n.} Disappointment; embarrassment; failure. * /It was quite a comedown for Al when the girl he took for granted refused his marriage proposal./ ...
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