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1 comedown
* * *(colloq) ['kʌmdaʊn] noun déchéance f -
2 comedown
comedown ['kʌmdaʊn]familiar déchéance□ f, dégringolade f;∎ he finds working in sales a bit of a comedown il trouve plutôt humiliant de travailler comme vendeur -
3 comedown
noun (a fall in dignity etc: The smaller car was a bit of a comedown after the Rolls Royce.) déchéance
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