go down with

idiom

British

: to begin to have or suffer from (an illness)

He went down with measles.

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The region’s economies are so interconnected with China’s that if the latter tanked (whether as a result of U.S. containment efforts or Beijing’s own failures), the rest of Asia would go down with it. —

Van Jackson, Foreign Affairs, 16 Jan. 2023 Grab seats facing the Indian Ocean and watch the sun go down with a cocktail enhancer. —

Christopher Cameron, Robb Report, 12 Mar. 2024 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. —

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 See all Example Sentences for go down with