GONE DOWN (WITH) Synonyms: 30 Similar and Opposite Words

gone down (with)

verb

past participle of go down (with), chiefly British

as in come 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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After all, many a good cause got its start from a spirit of noblesse oblige.

— Diane Brady, Fortune, 20 Oct. 2026
As transistors got smaller, the channels between them became proportionally narrower, and aluminum’s performance hit a wall.

— Gideon Lewis-Kraus, New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2026

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Vibrio, a bacteria found in salt and brackish water, is contracted when wounds are exposed to water containing the bacteria or a person eats contaminated raw or undercooked shellfish.

— Eva Flowe October 21, Charlotte Observer, 21 Oct. 2026
Since then, under mounting price competition from wind and solar, loss of subsidies and community opposition, the industry has contracted.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 21 Oct. 2026

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