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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Unfortunately, the Nittany Lions also saw star quarterback Drew Allar go down with a season-ending injury against the Wildcats.
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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
However, there is good news here that controlled the positive opening of Friday’s session but got lost in the shuffle as the day went on: housing could make a dramatic recovery if the yields on long-term bonds go down with the short-term ones when the Federal Reserve starts cutting rates.
—Jim Cramer, CNBC, 7 Sep. 2025
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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
However, there is good news here that controlled the positive opening of Friday’s session but got lost in the shuffle as the day went on: housing could make a dramatic recovery if the yields on long-term bonds go down with the short-term ones when the Federal Reserve starts cutting rates.
—Jim Cramer, CNBC, 7 Sep. 2025
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“Go down with.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/go%20down%20with. Accessed 3 Nov. 2025.
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