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Downing

noun

United States landscape architect who designed the grounds of the White House and the Capitol Building (1815-1852). Synonym: Andrew Jackson Downing.

Down

verb

(past & past part. downed; pres. part. downing)

Drink down entirely. Synonyms: belt down, bolt down, drink down, kill, pop, pour down, toss off. "She killed a bottle of brandy that night" , "They popped a few beer after work"

Eat immoderately. Synonyms: consume, devour, go through.

Bring down or defeat (an opponent).

Shoot at and force to come down. Synonyms: land, shoot down.

Cause to come or go down. Synonyms: cut down, knock down, pull down, push down. "The mugger knocked down the old lady after she refused to hand over her wallet"

Improve or perfect by pruning or polishing. Synonyms: fine-tune, polish, refine.

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"Downing" Quotes from Famous Books

... were in every part of the world, and English ships of war were sailing every ocean, to recover the slipping elements and to solidify the British Empire. Just as Pitt was taking up his residence at Downing Street, Robert Clive was winning the Battle of Plassey in India, which brought to England territory of untold wealth. Two years later James Wolfe, defeating the French commander, Montcalm, on the Plains of Abraham, ...

— George Washington • William Roscoe Thayer

... shuddering and wretched, I found a despatch on my table. It was from Downing Street; an order, that within twelve hours after its receipt, I should set out from Paris, and make my way, with the utmost secrecy, to the headquarters of the Austrian and Prussian army; where further orders would be ...

— Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 54, No. 338, December 1843 • Various

... the precious ciphers shall be kept from the prying eyes of foreign spies. The Questore, or chief of police, was of opinion that it was the ciphers of which the thieves had been in search, and was much relieved to hear that they were in safekeeping far away in Downing Street. ...

— The Czar's Spy - The Mystery of a Silent Love • William Le Queux

... I put Captain Downing, for such was his name, on board the Rainbow. He told us to wait alongside for him. After some time he again stepped into the boat, and ordered John Cox to pull for the ...

— Roger Willoughby - A Story of the Times of Benbow • William H. G. Kingston

... of 1842 a new tariff was enacted by the legislature of the island. When the Act embodying it was sent home, it was found to violate certain economical principles recently adopted in this country. An angry despatch from Downing Street informed Lord Elgin that it was disapproved, and that nothing but an apprehension of the financial embarrassments that must ensue prevented its being formally disallowed. In terms almost amounting ...

— Letters and Journals of James, Eighth Earl of Elgin • James, Eighth Earl of Elgin

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