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Meaning of go down with | Babel Free

Verb CEFR C1

Definitions

  1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see go, down, with.
  2. To catch or contract (an illness).
  3. To die in the sinking of (a ship or boat).

Examples

“I didn't go down there on my own, I went down with Sam and Betty.”
“Everyone's gone down with the flu, and I'm here in the office all by myself.”
Edward Smith went down with the Titanic.”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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