Collocations for "downstairs"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "downstairs" in context.
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downstairs
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.adv
- go downstairs to [check, look for, get]
- need to run downstairs quickly
- come downstairs with me (for a second)
- heard a [noise, bang] (coming) from downstairs
- tripped and fell downstairs
- is [relaxing, chilling, sleeping] downstairs
- lives downstairs [to, from] me
- (both) upstairs and downstairs
- in the downstairs [bedroom, bathroom]
- [Do you know, Have you met] the downstairs neighbors?
'downstairs' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):