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 on the Web Cocktail aficionados should head downstairs to try owner and mixologist Mario Villalón’s inventive cocktails. Anna Haines, Forbes, 25 Sep. 2024 Back downstairs, a semicircular wooden bar and an outdoor area with a hot tub and firepit make for next-level entertaining. Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 23 Sep. 2024 Meanwhile, downstairs the old woman has died and the old man weeps over her body. Erik Kain, Forbes, 20 Oct. 2024 Similarly, at James Mackie’s Cotswolds cottage, the punchier tones play out in the warren of bijou rooms downstairs. Elizabeth Metcalfe, Vogue, 18 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 5 Nov. 2024.

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