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to go straight down

to go straight down

14 2.2
Move forward without turning along a street, hall, or stairs
  • 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.

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Examples

  • If you want to reach the basement, just go straight down the stairs.

  • Okay, the toilet's just on the left, and then go straight down to the end.

    Cruella (2021)

  • So you would go straight down and then pull out or push out.

  • Okay, now we go straight down here, turn right.

    Dangerous Game (1988)

  • You go straight down the way, okay?

    Loving (2016)

  • You need to go straight down this hallway until you get to the service kitchen.

    Ready or Not (2019)

  • We're going straight down to the housing office right now - and requesting a room change.

    After (2019)

  • 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.

    Hot Dog... The Movie (1984)

  • All right, you're going straight down there.

    The Batman (2022)

Synonyms

to go down that road
vsto go straight down
  • Informal
23 6.3

To choose a course of action that may cause problems

describes literal direct movement along a path without figurative choice
to hurtle down
vsto go straight down
2 6.7

Move quickly and without control down a hill or road

proceeds directly without great speed or loss of control

Antonyms

to deviate
44 5.8

To change direction or move away from a planned route

How Direct

to go straight down
14 2.2
to detour
12 3.7

Surface Forms

go straight down infinitive
went straight down past
gone straight down past participle
going straight down present participle
goes straight down third person singular

Morphology

go + straight + down

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.