1 B1 informal
To save a digital file to a device, often from the internet or cloud.
"Can you save down the report to your laptop before the meeting starts?"
separable
save down
B1 informal separable transitive
Informal computing term for saving a file to a device, especially from the internet or cloud storage.
In plain English
To save a file onto your computer or phone, especially from online.
What does "save down" mean?
One main meaning — here's how to use it.
Literal vs figurative
Words literally mean
To save something down to a device — 'down' implies direction onto the device.
Actually means
To save a file onto your computer or phone, especially from online.
Usage tip
Common in everyday informal British and American English speech about computers. Not standard in formal documentation. Often interchangeable with 'save' or 'download'.
Words that pair with "save down"
Natural word combinations native speakers use most often.
file document image attachment report copy
How to conjugate "save down"
The five tense forms you'll use most often.
Base
save down
I/you/we/they
3rd person
saves down
he/she/it
Past simple
saved down
yesterday
Past participle
saved down
have + pp
-ing form
saving down
continuous
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