Cryptic crossword clue
Went down hill 4

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word FELL

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The straight part

We know that "Went down/hill" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case went down/hill = fell.

The cryptic/wordplay part

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This part involves a more complex hint, such as an anagram, homophone, hidden word, etc.
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What does FELL mean?

1. A cutting-down of timber.
2. The stitching down of a fold of cloth; specifically, the portion of a kilt, from the waist to the seat, where the pleats are stitched down.
3. The end of a web, formed by the last thread of the weft.

1. To make something fall; especially to chop down a tree.
2. To strike down, kill, destroy.
3. To stitch down a protruding flap of fabric, as a seam allowance, or pleat.

1. An animal skin, hide, pelt.
2. Human skin (now only as a metaphorical use of previous sense).

1. (obsolete outside Britain) A rocky ridge or chain of mountains.
2. (obsolete outside Britain) A wild field or upland moor.

1. Of a strong and cruel nature; eager and unsparing; grim; fierce; ruthless; savage.
2. Strong and fiery; biting; keen; sharp; pungent
3. Very large; huge.
4. Eager; earnest; intent.

1. Sharply; fiercely.

1. Anger; gall; melancholy.

1. The finer portions of ore, which go through the meshes when the ore is sorted by sifting.

1. (heading) To be moved downwards.
2. To move downwards.
3. To happen, to change negatively.
4. To be allotted to; to arrive through chance, fate, or inheritance.
5. To diminish; to lessen or lower.
6. To bring forth.
7. To issue forth into life; to be brought forth; said of the young of certain animals.
8. To descend in character or reputation; to become degraded; to sink into vice, error, or sin.
9. To become ensnared or entrapped; to be worse off than before.
10. To assume a look of shame or disappointment; to become or appear dejected; said of the face.
11. To happen; to come to pass; to chance or light (upon).
12. To begin with haste, ardour, or vehemence; to rush or hurry.
13. To be dropped or uttered carelessly.
14. (of a fabric) To hang down (under the influence of gravity).

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