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downstairs

/daʊnˈstɛɹz/ adverb A2
  1. Down the stairs. · I have to walk downstairs to leave the building.· The lodger lives downstairs.
  2. In or to hell. (figuratively)
  3. Regarding the genitalia. (slang) · something wrong downstairs
  4. In or to a lower, embedded clause, as opposed to the matrix clause.
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Caderousse lingered for a moment, then taking leave of old Dantès, he went downstairs to rejoin Danglars, who awaited him at the corner of the Rue Senac.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 19 · C1
She was greatly excited, trembling all over, but made no other attempt to go downstairs.
The Valley of Fear, p. 49 · C1
“Can you give us any idea how long your husband had been downstairs before you heard the shot?”
The Valley of Fear, p. 57 · C1
He waved his hand, and they scampered away downstairs like so many rats, and we heard their shrill voices next moment in the street.
A Study in Scarlet, p. 57 · B2

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