downstairs

as in down
on or to a lower floor of a building He ran downstairs to answer the door. He lives downstairs from us.

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Recent Examples of downstairs Mundell threw on shorts and a T-shirt and ran downstairs to move the truck. Chris Kenning, USA TODAY, 30 Oct. 2024 Bess Friday Instead of walking downstairs to tinker around, Mutter-Rottmayer now drives to downtown Sonoma, where their millwork operation and furniture atelier occupy a 50-year-old cabinet shop. Kathryn Romeyn, Architectural Digest, 30 Oct. 2024 This room, downstairs from that penthouse, was essentially a storage space with three desks. Tad Friend, The New Yorker, 21 Oct. 2024 Go downstairs and start the water for the French press. R29 Team, refinery29.com, 16 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for downstairs 

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“Downstairs.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/downstairs. Accessed 23 Nov. 2024.

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