GOES DOWN (WITH) Synonyms: 29 Similar and Opposite Words

goes down (with)

verb

present tense third-person singular of go down (with), chiefly British

as in comes down (with)

to become affected with (a disease or disorder) across the United Kingdom a number of children have gone down with chicken pox this week

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Things get increasingly bleak, as the family dog’s heart medicine runs out and Jason has to put him out of his misery, and then — in doomsday prepper mode — carves up the body and puts it in the freezer just in case food gets dire.

— William Earl, Variety, 8 Aug. 2026
The group gets a lot of its money from leadership PACs, which are groups established by members of Congress to help support other candidates.

— Lisa Hagen, Hartford Courant, 7 Aug. 2026

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Cavatappi’s corkscrew shape catches every bite of the creamy sauce, but elbow macaroni or small shells work just as well.

— Inés Anguiano, Bon Appetit Magazine, 6 Aug. 2026
Payer rules get hand-coded, while clinical edge cases get patched one at a time, usually after someone downstream catches the mistake.

— Fawad Butt, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2026

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The department is looking to buy eight Skydio X10 drones from Axon, the same company the department contracts with to surveil cars in the city.

— Jennah Pendleton, Sacbee.com, 1 Aug. 2026
This means that immunity against other threats such as the common cold, flu or coronavirus can disappear if a person contracts measles without any existing immunity.

— Paul Sisson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 July 2026

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