go down with sth
(also come down with sth) UK — phrasal verb with go /ɡəʊ/
/ɡoʊ/ verb (present participle going, past tense went, past participle gone)Definition
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B2 to start to suffer from an infectious disease: Half of Martha's class has gone down with flu.Being and falling ill
(Definition of go down with sth from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- ail verb (BE/MAKE ILL)
- be a martyr to sth idiom
- be green about the gills idiom
- be laid up idiom
- be out of sorts idiom
- break out phrasal verb (START)
- burnt out adjective (TIRED)
- catch your death of cold idiom
- develop verb (START)
- disagree with sb phrasal verb
- KO verb
- look/feel like death warmed up idiom
- pick sth up phrasal verb (ILLNESS)
- pneumonia noun
- predisposed adjective
- prone adjective (TENDING)
- shivery adjective
- strike sb down phrasal verb
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