A question about electricity
Hello everyone. How do you say correctly when electricity is suddenly off (there is no light at your home and all electrical things don't work)? I think I've heard once "Power went down". Is this correct? Are there other ways of saying this?

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Yes, in England, when the power goes off unexpectedly it is called a 'Power cut'. Always have a torch or some candles at home just in case!

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In England we would say there's a power cut. If it's a planned outage (which we don't have here usually!) we might say it's a blackout. When I was in the Philippines, I heard them call it a 'brownout' The Power went down is also perfectly correct.

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Could we say the light went off?

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