Cryptic crossword clue
Go down with Tory leaflet

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 8 letter word CONTRACT

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The straight part
We know that "Go down" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case go down = contract.
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What does CONTRACT mean?

CONTRACT noun
  1. An agreement between two or more parties, to perform a specific job or work order, often temporary or of fixed duration and usually governed by a written agreement.
  2. An agreement which the law will enforce in some way. A legally binding contract must contain at least one promise, i.e., a commitment or offer, by an offeror to and accepted by an offeree to do something in the future. A contract is thus executory rather than executed.
  3. A part of legal studies dealing with laws and jurisdiction related to contracts.
  4. An order, usually given to a hired assassin, to kill someone.
  5. The declarer's undertaking to win the number of tricks bid with a stated suit as trump.
CONTRACT adjective
  1. Contracted; affianced; betrothed.
  2. Not abstract; concrete.
CONTRACT verb
  1. To draw together or nearer; to shorten, narrow, or lessen.
  2. (grammar) To shorten by omitting a letter or letters or by reducing two or more vowels or syllables to one.
  3. To enter into a contract with.
  4. To enter into, with mutual obligations; to make a bargain or covenant for.
  5. To make an agreement or contract; to covenant; to agree; to bargain.
  6. To bring on; to incur; to acquire.
  7. To gain or acquire (an illness).
  8. To draw together so as to wrinkle; to knit.
  9. To betroth; to affiance.

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