down with
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Ill with, as in He's down with the flu . The down here alludes to being felled by illness. Also see come down with .
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Depose, do away with, as in Down with the king! This imperative dates from the early 1500s.
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Lower or put something down, as in Down with the mainsail . [Mid-1600s]
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. Be close friends with, as in I'm down with that crowd . [ Slang ; late 1900s]
Example Sentences
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"It's upsetting when there's nothing to shoot them down with," Nadia says.
From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026
The Chiefs were lifeless on offense and already on the brink of missing the playoffs by the time Mahomes went down with torn knee ligaments.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026
Sit down with him and outline, step by step, how you work and what changes you’ve had to make to his work.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 10, 2026
Its actors sat down with us to discuss how they did it.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026
“How in the world did you know to bring two buckets of water down with you?”
From "Glitch" by Laura Martin
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