comedown

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A sudden drop to a lower status, condition or level; a disappointment or letdown.

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(RQ:Orwell Down and Out)
(quote-book) A Contemporary Version|publisher=HarperSanFrancisco|year=2000|page=238|pageurl=https://archive.org/details/imitationofchris0000grif/page/238/mode/1up|isbn=0-06-063400-6|passage= I have to say it again, my Dearest Friend. What a wonderful Comedown for the Godhead! What a wonderful Comeuppance for Humankind! That’s because You, Lord God, Creator, Bellows Maker of All That Breathes, deigned to come to my hovel of a soul; once there, to fatten up the leanness of my soul with the plumpitude of Your Sacrament; that’s to say, with the plenitude of Your Divinity and Humanity.
(RQ:Hollinghurst Line)
A calm, mellow period experienced after the initial high from taking drugs.