down with

Idioms  

1. Ill with, as in He's down with the flu . The down here alludes to being felled by illness. Also see come down with .

2. Depose, do away with, as in Down with the king! This imperative dates from the early 1500s.

3. Lower or put something down, as in Down with the mainsail . [Mid-1600s]

4. . Be close friends with, as in I'm down with that crowd . [ Slang ; late 1900s]

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Example Sentences

I didn't think any team could be as bad as Robbie Savage's Derby County side that went down with a record Premier League low of 11 points in 2007-08, so beating that total is maybe their only aim now.

From BBC

He pulled double duty over the holiday weekend, sitting down with Kristen Welker on NBC’s “Meet the Press” and Dana Bash on CNN’s “State of the Union.”

From Salon

He threw the ball up for his receivers to try to catch it in the end zone, and Nicholas Fonseca came down with the winning touchdown for a 63-58 victory over Marquez in the City Section Division I championship game Saturday at Southwest College.

From Los Angeles Times

Set in a dour factory, “Metropolis” is “the grandfather of all ‘beat the worker down with monotonous, repetitive labor, totally unrecognized by management’ movies,” says Mankiewicz of TCM.

From The Wall Street Journal

Solskjaer sat down with Kelly Somers to talk about his childhood, his legendary goal in the Nou Camp, why he would have been an accountant if not a footballer, and his dreams of managing his country in the future.

From BBC

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