go down with

(Brit.)

FALL ILL WITH, get, develop, contract, pick up, succumb to, fall victim to, be struck down with, become infected with.

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go down with (informal)

To contract (an illness)

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Main Entry: ↑go

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ˌgo ˈdown with [transitive] [present tense I/you/we/they go down with he/she/it goes down with present participle going down with past tense went down with past participle gone down with] british informal phrasal verb

to become ill with a particular illness

Three people in my office have gone down with the flu.

Thesaurus: to have or develop an illness or symptom_synonym

Main entry: go

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Brit. begin to suffer from (a specified illness)

I went down with an attack of bronchitis