go down with
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: to begin to have or suffer from (an illness)
He went down with measles.
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The extra-green tamales go down with effort at 7:00 pm.
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Rowan Jacobsen, Harpers Magazine, 24 Oct. 2025
Unfortunately, the Nittany Lions also saw star quarterback Drew Allar go down with a season-ending injury against the Wildcats.
—Evan Massey, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Oct. 2025
Or will the second-half Tigers go down with a whimper?
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Rowan Jacobsen, Harpers Magazine, 24 Oct. 2025
Unfortunately, the Nittany Lions also saw star quarterback Drew Allar go down with a season-ending injury against the Wildcats.
—Evan Massey, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Oct. 2025
Or will the second-half Tigers go down with a whimper?
—Stephen J. Nesbitt, New York Times, 30 Sep. 2025
If there is an AI bubble, and if that pops soon, a lot could go down with it.
—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 17 Sep. 2025
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