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                           Phrase(s): down by some amount  having a score that is lower, by the specified amount, than someone else’s score or the other team’s score.  •  At halftime, the home team was down by 14 points.  •  Down by one run, the team scored two runs in the ninth inning and won the game.
                           
                           
                           
                           
                        
    
                       
                    
                        
                        
                        
                    
 
                    
                        McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs