to go straight down
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2.2
- phrasal verb
:
seguir recto
- You wanna go straight down here exactly 1.8 miles.
- go straight down the road
- just go straight down
I never really like bend over to get something, I just like go straight down and then like pick it up.
- I never really like bend over to get something, I just like go straight down and then like pick it up.
- I thought it'd be really cool to get APOV of a mint going straight down the bottle hole.
Examples
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If you want to reach the basement, just go straight down the stairs.
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Okay, the toilet's just on the left, and then go straight down to the end.
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So you would go straight down and then pull out or push out.
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Okay, now we go straight down here, turn right.
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You go straight down the way, okay?
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You need to go straight down this hallway until you get to the service kitchen.
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We're going straight down to the housing office right now - and requesting a room change.
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Go straight down the road.
Fiction book (1999) -
Uh, just go straight down here, hang a left, catch highway 80, and take it all the way out.
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All right, you're going straight down there.
Synonyms
16
6.3
To choose a course of action that may cause problems
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6.7
Move quickly and without control down a hill or road
Antonyms
How Direct
Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase's meaning is directly compositional: 'go' (move), modified by 'straight' (in a direct line) and 'down' (along or to a lower level), so a learner who knows the parts can infer 'proceed directly along/down the path' without prior exposure. This is a common directional construction across languages and follows standard English motion + direction particle patterns, making it readily understandable to a B1 learner.
Etymology
Go straight down comes from a simple picture: the parts go, straight, and down show a person moving forward along a path that goes down, like walking straight down a hallway or stairs. So it means 'to proceed directly without turning' to reach a lower place or the next point.