down with
idiom
1
—used to say that one does not like something and wants it to stop or fail
Down with racism!
Down with the government!
2
US slang
—used to say that one understands or approves of something
I told them I wasn't down with lying to people.
Yeah, I'm down with that.
3
: affected by (an illness)
She has been down with the flu for a week.
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Her hair was styled half up and half down with loose curls.
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Stephanie Giang-Paunon, FOXNews.com, 16 May 2025
Jayson Tatum is down with an achilles tear looks like.
—Mackenzie Cummings-Grady, Billboard, 14 May 2025
Seven films down with an eighth and final edition launching in cinemas this month, Mission: Impossible is undoubtedly one of contemporary cinema’s most enduring franchises.
—Zac Ntim, Deadline, 11 May 2025
But around the night of Sept. 27, 2023 — and the early hours of Sept. 28 — Carruthers and Graham traveled from Carlisle to Northumberland and cut the tree down with a chainsaw before returning to Carlisle with a section of it.
—Brenton Blanchet, People.com, 9 May 2025
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Stephanie Giang-Paunon, FOXNews.com, 16 May 2025
Jayson Tatum is down with an achilles tear looks like.
—Mackenzie Cummings-Grady, Billboard, 14 May 2025
Seven films down with an eighth and final edition launching in cinemas this month, Mission: Impossible is undoubtedly one of contemporary cinema’s most enduring franchises.
—Zac Ntim, Deadline, 11 May 2025
But around the night of Sept. 27, 2023 — and the early hours of Sept. 28 — Carruthers and Graham traveled from Carlisle to Northumberland and cut the tree down with a chainsaw before returning to Carlisle with a section of it.
—Brenton Blanchet, People.com, 9 May 2025
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“Down with.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/down%20with. Accessed 29 May. 2025.
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