Meaning of come down to us | Babel Free

Definitions

To survive to the present day; to be extant in some form.

idiomatic

Examples

“It is somewhat remarkable that none of bishop Ridley’s sermons have come down to us.”

“There is some confusion about this work since the original has disappeared, and scholars have assumed that what has come down to us is not by Mozart.”

“As you’ll have noticed, a large number of pre-Renaissance writings on language have come down to us without any indication of their author’s name, or with a false one attached.”

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