down by some amount

down by some amount
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.


Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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