phrasal verb · neutral
go down with
UK/ɡəʊ daʊn wɪð/US/ɡoʊ daʊn wɪð/GO·DOWN·with
speakingtask2
to become ill with a particular illness
Examples
“Several students went down with flu after the school trip.”
“I think I'm going down with something—I've a sore throat.”
“If you go down with chickenpox you should stay home.”
Band 8 sentence
“Two of my classmates went down with gastroenteritis after the school trip, which forced us to cancel the next lesson.”
Collocations
- go down with + flu/cold/food poisoning
Word family
go down with phrasal verbwent down with phrasal verb (past)
Common mistakes
I caught a flu last week.→I caught flu last week.
She went down to the flu.→She went down with the flu.
Say it for a higher band
5catch (a cold)→6come down with→7+go down with
Synonyms
catch
come down with
Easily confused
come down with
“He came down with a bad cold after the conference.”
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