[Longman](https://www.ldoceonline.com/dictionary/come-down) gives the appropriate sense of what it labels the phrasal verb usage here: > **come down** phrasal verb > > ... > > 3 to fall to the ground > > - A lot of trees came down in the storm. > - We were still out in the fields when the rain started coming down. I'd say that there is enough cohesion between 'come' and 'down' here to justify its being considered a multi-word verb: - The trees _came down_ in the storm. - The trees _fell_ [to the ground] in the storm. In spite of the cohesion, it is possible to insert ing-forms between 'come' and 'down' to describe the manner of the falling: - The cans came crashing down. - Jack and Jill came tumbling down. - The ash keys came spiralling down. Whether or not one considers _come V-ing down_ as cohesive enough to also be considered multi-word verbs (of a different class) is open to debate. Certainly - The ash keys spiralled to the ground (etc) is available for - The ash keys came spiralling down [to the ground]. The grammar is fairly idiosyncratic ('went V-ing up' is unusual), but these expressions are idiomatic (commonly used and accepted), so they arguably qualify as idioms.