Sentence examples for a guy down from inspiring English sources

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The phrase "a guy down" is not correct and lacks clarity in written English.
It may be intended to convey a specific meaning, but without context, it is ambiguous and not commonly used.
Example: "I saw a guy down by the river."
Alternatives: "a man down" or "a fellow down".

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As for practice, Blackburn said, "There is just too much threat of injury to bring a guy down during practice".

"At some point, when a guy's shooting the ball as Houston was, you knock a guy down," Wittman said.

"There is just too much threat of injury to bring a guy down during practice," said Chase Blackburn, Carolina's middle linebacker.

"If my glove got in his face, by no means was it a punch that should knock a guy down like that.

I'm tired of the old football league where everybody is rubbing on each other and if you knock a guy down, you've got to pick him up and dust him off.

One of the great songs of the grunge era, Taillights Fade is basically a loser's lament; a guy down on his luck, lost, alone and broken – probably staring back at a failed relationship: "I'm singing about my past / Had myself a wonderful thing / But I could not make it last".

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At 14th Street is a young guy, down on the platform between the express and the local.

He said he wanted a plan to "bring this guy down".

John and Peter are buzzing around CeBIT today and will try to track this little guy down for a hands-on demonstration.

Maybe somebody with a concealed weapon takes the guy down," Arpaio said, according to KPHO-TV.

A guy lying down in full scuba gear.

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