Definition
To return from an elevated state of consciousness (especially when drug-induced) or emotion.
In Context
- "He finally came down from his post-bonus high."
- "Navarre is in superb control of his prose, distorting it more and more as the poppers mint Luc's mind, clarifying it as he comes down."
- "In the middle of the night, it feels alright / But then tomorrow morning / Ooh, ooh, then you come down"
- "In 1967, a Shulgin compound called DOM enjoyed a brief vogue in Haight-Ashbury under the name STP, at doses several times larger than those at which Shulgin had found significant psychoactive effects, and emergency rooms saw a spike in the number of people coming in thinking they would never come down."
- "Britpop had revitalised rock, and an unprecedented explosion in dance music – sparked off by a second consecutive sunny and idyllic Glastonbury – transformed how Britain thought, listened, partied and came down afterwards."