plural of beat down

(transitive, of an object that can be raised or lowered) To lower by winding, as with a crank or windlass. / (transitive, of a device with a mainspring) To unwind.

simple past tense and past participle of water down

Of a collar, able to be buttoned down to the shirt, as over a necktie. / (idiomatic) Serious; staid; businesslike. / (idiomatic) Conservative; conventional; unimaginative.

A shirt with a button-down collar

(idiomatic) without much effort; easily / (idiomatic) without question; undoubtedly / Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see hands, down.

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of hand down

A railway line on which trains travel away from a major terminus. / (travel, aviation) the next and subsequent flights in an itinerary.

Describing a lower level in a hierarchical management structure

Alternative spelling of down line