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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The Times sat down with Korn to chat about nostalgia, the coming-of-age-queer experience and making art under capitalism.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 30, 2026
Tech stocks aren’t working, and they’re taking the market down with them.
From Barron's • Jun. 26, 2026
Both Panelli and his wife, Julie, came down with food poisoning.
From Salon • Jun. 22, 2026
Over in the canteen, Syrian and African musicians chow down with Posdnuos from De La Soul and sitar legend Anoushka Shankar.
From BBC • Jun. 21, 2026
Each man was weighed down with sixty pounds of equipment, including picks, shovels, and sandbags judged necessary to fortify enemy positions that, according to Haig’s plan, had already been conquered for them by the artillery.
From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman
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