save down
B1 informal separable transitive
In simple words
To save a file onto your computer or phone, especially from online.
Literal meaning: To save something down to a device — 'down' implies direction onto the device.
Meanings
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?"
Grammar: separable
Usage notes
Common in everyday informal British and American English speech about computers. Not standard in formal documentation. Often interchangeable with 'save' or 'download'.
Commonly used with
file document image attachment report copy
Forms
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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