At the end of every performance, the stage manager rings down the curtain with precise timing.

After a decade together, the band is ringing down the curtain on their touring career.

After the final bow, the director rang down the curtain on the season with a heartfelt speech.

Many policymakers continue to endorse the trickle down hypothesis despite mounting evidence against it.

Her groundbreaking research on renewable energy will surely go down in history as a turning point for sustainable technology.

On dress-down day, employees are encouraged to wear jeans and sneakers to the office.

I heard someone in the next apartment banging down the door, so I called the building manager.

The firefighters banged down the door to rescue the trapped family.

When the intruder bangs down the door, the whole house shakes.

They were banging the door down to escape before the fire spread.