Meaning trap

come down

move from a higher to a lower place

To move from a higher position to a lower one, either physically or metaphorically.

phrasal verbB1common

Don't mix these meanings

Same phrase, different job.

move from a higher to a lower place

To move from a higher position to a lower one, either physically or metaphorically.

come down (decrease in price or level)

Another meaning of 'come down' is 'decrease in price or level'; compare the examples to keep the meanings separate.

Notice where the phrase sounds natural.

Could you come down from your room? Dinner is ready.

In my hometown, the mountains are beautiful, and sometimes we come down from the hills to visit the city center.

One small grammar move makes it sound right.

Not: Come down of the ladder, it's not safe.

Say: Come down from the ladder, it's not safe.

'Come down FROM' a high place, not 'of'.

Tap the one a native speaker would say.

Words that usually travel with it.

come down (from)

Other meanings and phrases to compare.

come down (decrease in price or level) — Another meaning of 'come down' is 'decrease in price or level'; compare the examples to keep the meanings separate.