We were up two games to one when I went down.

[Talagrim]

Someone is saying it about his favourite baseball team:

"We were up two games to one when I went down."

It doesn't matter what "went down" in this context means. Only the first part matters. I can find this expression online, but the definition is nowhere to be found.

 

[emsr2d2]

Someone is saying says it the following about his favourite baseball team:

"We were up two games to one when I went down."

It doesn't matter what "went down" in this context means. Only the first part matters. I can find this expression online, but the definition is nowhere to be found.

It matters to the reader/listener, and it should matter to you because you need to know if you're creating a grammatical sentence. The phrasal verb "go down" has several meanings. Are you sure you can't find a single listing anywhere online for that very common phrasal verb?

 

[Talagrim]

It matters to the reader/listener, and it should matter to you because you need to know if you're creating a grammatical sentence. The phrasal verb "go down" has several meanings. Are you sure you can't find a single listing anywhere online for that very common phrasal verb?

Not in this meaning I don't

 

[Talagrim]

It matters to the reader/listener, and it should matter to you because you need to know if you're creating a grammatical sentence. The phrasal verb "go down" has several meanings. Are you sure you can't find a single listing anywhere online for that very common phrasal verb?

"go down" means that his plane was hit

 

[SoothingDave]

Three games had been played in some sort of series. Best-of-5 or best-of-7, likely.

They had won 2. The other team had won one. They were up 2 to 1.

 

[emsr2d2]

Not in this meaning I don't I haven't found a definition that fits this context.

This forum has a fantastic phrasal verbs section. HERE's the entry for "go down". As you can see, there are lots of definitions. Can you see one that means what you want it to? We don't know which usage you intended because you haven't given us an explanation of what actually happened. Did you write the original sentence yourself?

In case you can't see the link above, click here:

https://www.usingenglish.com/reference/phrasal-verbs/go.html#Go-down

 

[jutfrank]

I don't think Talagrim is asking about the phrasal verb 'go down'. I think they made it clear they were not asking about that. I presume the question relates to what We were up two games to one means.

First of all, it's not an expression, so you won't find it in any dictionary. As SoothingDave has already said, it means that the score was 2-1, where the team associated with 'we' were the team in the lead and that there were still more games to be played in the future. The word 'up' is equivalent to 'leading by'.

 

[Talagrim]

I don't think Talagrim is asking about the phrasal verb 'go down'. I think they made it clear they were not asking about that. I presume the question relates to what We were up two games to one means.

First of all, it's not an expression, so you won't find it in any dictionary. As SoothingDave has already said, it means that the score was 2-1, where the team associated with 'we' were the team in the lead and that there were still more games to be played in the future. The word 'up' is equivalent to 'leading by'.

Yes, thanks a lot. I have already figured it out on my own, though I appreciate the confirmation.

 

[teechar]

up adverb - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and usage notes | Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary at OxfordLearnersDictionaries.com

Definition of up adverb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

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Second entry: "to or at a higher level".
Look at the example sentences.