down to

phrase

1
: in a way that includes even (the smallest or least important part)
Our work must be accurate down to the last detail.
They knew everything about him down to the cologne he wore.
2
: to the last person or thing that can be used
It looks like it's down to you and me.
I'm down to my last dollar.

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Eventually the coaches moved the ball down to the 1-yard line anyway, and Dart hit Theo Johnson for a touchdown on a broken play against safety Tyler Nubin, who got picked on all day. — Pat Leonard, New York Daily News, 5 Aug. 2026 The subsequent drop, as well as a decline in the shares of Musk’s electric vehicle company Tesla, have knocked his wealth down to $783 billion, according to Forbes. — Bernard Condon, Fortune, 5 Aug. 2026 The birth pushes Prince Edward, the youngest son of Queen Elizabeth, down to the 16th spot, with his children, Lady Louise Windsor and James, Earl of Wessex, below him. — Meredith Kile, PEOPLE, 5 Aug. 2026 The expensive and largely unproven strategy would entail launching a network of satellites that rely on constant energy from the sun to compute data in orbit and beam it down to Earth. — Bloomberg, Mercury News, 5 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for down to

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“Down to.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/down%20to. Accessed 6 Aug. 2026.

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