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What is the difference between "come down" and "way down"?

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Rebecca

The phrase "come down" is used to describe a price or a level of something becoming lower or decreasing. So she is saying that rental prices are not decreasing. "Way down" as it is used in this video, is a way of saying that something is very low comparative to another. In this case the narrator is saying that tourism is very low compared to other years. Ex: Inflation has not come down at all this year. Ex: I'm expecting the price of stocks to come down over the next week or so. Ex: The number of students is way down compared to last year.

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