"come down to earth" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: en-au-come down to earth.ogg [Australia] Forms: comes down to earth [present, singular, third-person], coming down to earth [participle, present], came down to earth [past], come down to earth [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|come<,,came,come> down to earth}} come 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)
  1. (idiomatic, of an event, thing, person) To be brought back to reality; to emerge from a daydream. Tags: idiomatic, person Translations (idiomatic expression): palata maankamaralle (Finnish), redescendre sur terre (French), დედამიწაზე დაშვება (dedamic̣aze dašveba) (Georgian), πέφτω απ' τα σύννεφα (péfto ap' ta sýnnefa) (Greek), schodzić z obłoków [imperfective] (Polish), zejść z obłoków [perfective] (Polish), спуска́ться с небе́с на зе́млю (spuskátʹsja s nebés na zémlju) [imperfective] (Russian), спусти́ться с небе́с на зе́млю (spustítʹsja s nebés na zémlju) [perfective] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-come_down_to_earth-en-verb-rB~2i6lg Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Georgian terms with redundant script codes

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