Down and Long

Down

Down verb - To strike (someone) so forcefully as to cause a fall.

Long and down are semantically related. In some cases you can replace term "Long" with "Down", this verbs are similar.

Nearby Word: downed

Long

Long verb - Desire strongly or persistently.

Down and long are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Down" instead a preposition "Long".

Nearby Word: longed

Common collocations

half down half long half
villain down villain long villain

Both words in one sentence

  • Film / The Longest Yard On 2nd down and long, his offensive line decides to send him a message and refuses to block for him, and does the same on 3rd down, resulting in Crewe taking two (painful) sacks in a row.
  • Video Game / The House of the Dead: OVERKILL A tad subverted - you need to be really fucking accurate with it, and you have to carefully time your reloads during down time because they take very long.
  • Music / Music from "The Elder" Drugs Are Bad: In "I": "Don't need to get wasted, it only holds me down." (Also a Take That to Ace Frehley.) Epic Rocking: "Odyssey" and "I" are both over five minutes long.
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