go down with
go down with (something)
To become sick with a particular illness. Oh boy, both kids have gone down with the stomach flu? We're doomed. Half of my kindergarten class is down with chicken pox right now. I know my voice sounds terrible, but at least I haven't gone down with anything contagious—it's just allergies.
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go down with something
Fig. to be stricken with a disease. Beth went down with the flu. She went down with a high fever.
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References in periodicals archive
"He went down with cramp, he had every right to
go down with cramp.
Wrexham FC fan and Ysgol Brynhyfryd teacher Huw Tomos-Griffiths was looking to go down with friends.
He said: "We now have about 40-odd pupils going down to the match aged between 11 and 18 "I was going to go down with friends, but then I started getting knocks on the door from pupils who were wondering if they could go down to the final.
"It is harsh to
go down with that many points, they were both a credit to the league.
Crucial to this 99.9998% claim is the fact that McData's products are based on a four-port module design, meaning when one card goes down, only four ports
go down with it.
A SCOTS skipper told last night how he leapt into the sea fearing he was about to
go down with his boat.
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