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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And last June, the Oscar winner sat down with Dax Shepard for an episode of “Armchair Expert” and opened up about the positive experience he’d had in the 12-step program.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2026
But you can’t really get anywhere without looking at real numbers, and that means sitting down with a budgeting system, whether it’s your own spreadsheet or some software.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 11, 2026
The idea that this has to be weighted down with law-review articles and footnotes and arcana about the history of a three-part test is a way of obfuscating, right?
From Slate ● Aug. 10, 2026
She sat down with the BBC's Women's Football Weekly podcast and addressed media in a press conference that helped unmask the global superstar.
From BBC ● Aug. 9, 2026
Soon Sue and Bruce touched down with Grant Christiansen in Kelso, on the Washington/Oregon border, far south from the reaches of the eruption.
From "Mountain of Fire" by Rebecca E. F. Barone
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