come down to earth

verb

To be brought back to reality; to emerge from a daydream.

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Meanings

verbcome down to earth (third-person singular simple present comes down to earth, present participle coming down to earth, simple past came down to earth, past participle come down to earth)

present singular third person comes down to earth · participle present coming down to earth · past came down to earth

  1. idiomaticpersonthingTo be brought back to reality; to emerge from a daydream.

    1981-1982, Lou Sullivan, personal diary, quoted in 2019, Ellis Martin, Zach Ozma (editors), We Both Laughed In Pleasure So many good things have been happening for me, and I've just been such a happy man. I've wanted to write earlier but couldn't come down to earth long enough.

Translations

Finnish palata maankamaralle
  • palata maankamaralleidiomatic expression
French redescendre sur terre
  • redescendre sur terreidiomatic expression
Greek πέφτω απ’ τα σύννεφα
  • πέφτω απ’ τα σύννεφα (péfto ap’ ta sýnnefa)idiomatic expression
Polish schodzić z obłoków, zejść z obłoków
  • schodzić z obłokówidiomatic expression
  • zejść z obłokówidiomatic expression
Russian спуска́ться с небе́с на зе́млю, спусти́ться с небе́с на зе́млю
  • спуска́ться с небе́с на зе́млю (spuskátʹsja s nebés na zémlju)idiomatic expression
  • спусти́ться с небе́с на зе́млю (spustítʹsja s nebés na zémlju)idiomatic expression
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APA

come down to earth. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/come%20down%20to%20earth

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “come down to earth,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/come%20down%20to%20earth.

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