Definition: get sick
Usage: She fell sick last Friday, and now she is in the hospital
Main entry: reduce, boil down, come down
Definition: be the essential element
Usage: The proposal boils down to a compromise
Main entry: come down
Definition: criticize or reprimand harshly
Usage: The critics came down hard on the new play
Main entry: go down, come down, fall, descend
Definition: move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way
Usage: The temperature is going down; The barometer is falling; The curtain fell on the diva; Her hand went up and then fell again
Main entry: precipitate, come down, fall
Definition: fall from clouds
Usage: rain, snow and sleet were falling; Vesuvius precipitated its fiery, destructive rage on Herculaneum