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The phrase "go down badly" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
It is typically used to indicate that something has been badly received or badly received by a certain audience. For example, "His comments at the company meeting went down badly with the other employees".
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TRIUMPHANT Texans tend to go down badly in France.
If so, the gambit would go down badly as a crude blackmail attempt.
This would go down badly with many of the House's more left-wing Democrats.
His behaviour would go down badly with Abbott's colleagues, especially in an election year, Reith said.
The sight of politicians tackling the crisis like mature adults won't go down badly in the City.
(As far as I can tell, this seems to go down badly. There seems to be some groaning).
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That went down badly.
This went down badly in Washington.
Even Coca-Cola went down badly.
Polls suggest it went down badly with ethnic minorities.
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