go down with
idiom
British
: to begin to have or suffer from (an illness)
He went down with measles.
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Yet, having seen Aleksander Aamodt Kilde, her boyfriend, and Petra Vlhova, her biggest rival, go down with season-ending crashes over the past two weekends, Shiffrin isn’t looking too far ahead.
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Andrew Dampf, USA TODAY, 25 Jan. 2024
The crisp one-liners are delivered with vigor and go down with the snap of a shot of whiskey.
—Randy Myers, Hartford Courant, 14 Jan. 2024
Star running backs go down with injuries Two of the area’s best running backs suffered injuries in Week 1.
—Lia Assimakopoulos, Dallas News, 26 Aug. 2023
As Cohen bailed, Padres owner Peter Seidler decided to keep trying and perhaps go down with the ship.
—Peter Abraham, BostonGlobe.com, 5 Aug. 2023
At one point, a member of the defense team and a male juror with diving and boating experience discussed the notion of whether a captain should go down with his ship.
—Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 25 Oct. 2023
Guys go down with an injury that maybe is a day thing.
—Safid Deen, USA TODAY, 27 July 2023
Other costs could also go down with the new USPS Ground Advantage plan.
—USA TODAY, 1 July 2023
Sign up The captain and his top crew are supposed to go down with a sinking ship.
—Timothy Noah, The New Republic, 2 May 2023
Andrew Dampf, USA TODAY, 25 Jan. 2024
The crisp one-liners are delivered with vigor and go down with the snap of a shot of whiskey.
—Randy Myers, Hartford Courant, 14 Jan. 2024
Star running backs go down with injuries Two of the area’s best running backs suffered injuries in Week 1.
—Lia Assimakopoulos, Dallas News, 26 Aug. 2023
As Cohen bailed, Padres owner Peter Seidler decided to keep trying and perhaps go down with the ship.
—Peter Abraham, BostonGlobe.com, 5 Aug. 2023
At one point, a member of the defense team and a male juror with diving and boating experience discussed the notion of whether a captain should go down with his ship.
—Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 25 Oct. 2023
Guys go down with an injury that maybe is a day thing.
—Safid Deen, USA TODAY, 27 July 2023
Other costs could also go down with the new USPS Ground Advantage plan.
—USA TODAY, 1 July 2023
Sign up The captain and his top crew are supposed to go down with a sinking ship.
—Timothy Noah, The New Republic, 2 May 2023
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