Phrase guide

down with

intj · prep · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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intj

Meaning 1

Expressing disapproval of or encouraging actions against a person, organization, practice, belief, etc., typically in a public protest.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • Down with the government!

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

prep

Meaning 2

Comfortable with; having a positive, favourable, or accepting attitude toward; approving of; okay with.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: colloquial

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

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prep

Meaning 3

Suffering from (an illness).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: colloquial

Examples

  • Everyone's down with the flu, and I'm in the office all by myself.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

64 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Azerbaijani: qəhr olsun — away with
  • Azerbaijani: yox olsun — away with
  • Azerbaijani: məhv olsun — away with
  • Basque: akatu — away with
  • Belarusian: дало́ў (dalów) — away with
  • Bulgarian: до́лу на (dólu na) — away with
  • Catalan: a baix — away with
  • Chinese Mandarin: 停止 (tíngzhǐ) — away with
  • Czech: pryč s — away with
  • Dalmatian: abas — away with
  • Dutch: weg met — away with
  • Esperanto: for — away with
  • Finnish: alas — away with
  • French: à bas — away with
  • German: nieder mit — away with
  • Hebrew: הלאה — away with
  • Ido: abasez la — away with
  • Interlingua: a basso — away with
  • Irish: don Diabhal leis — away with
  • Italian: abbasso — away with
  • Malay: tolak — away with
  • Maltese: abbassu — away with
  • Norwegian: ned med — away with
  • Pannonian Rusyn: долу (dolu) — away with
  • Polish: precz z — away with
  • Portuguese: abaixo — away with
  • Romanian: jos — away with
  • Russian: доло́й (dolój) — away with
  • Russian: прочь (pročʹ) — away with
  • Slovene: navzdol s — away with
  • Spanish: abajo — away with
  • Swedish: ned med — away with
  • Tamil: ஒழிக (oḻika) — away with
  • Ukrainian: геть (hetʹ) — away with
  • Yiddish: דאָלוי (doloy) — away with
  • Arabic: يسقط (yasqut) — expressing disapproval of or encouraging actions against
  • Arabic: تسقط (tasqut) — expressing disapproval of or encouraging actions against
  • Azerbaijani: qəhr olsun — expressing disapproval of or encouraging actions against
  • Azerbaijani: yox olsun — expressing disapproval of or encouraging actions against
  • Azerbaijani: məhv olsun — expressing disapproval of or encouraging actions against
  • Chinese Mandarin: 打倒 (dǎdǎo) — expressing disapproval of or encouraging actions against
  • Danish: ned med — expressing disapproval of or encouraging actions against
  • Esperanto: for — expressing disapproval of or encouraging actions against
  • Finnish: alas — expressing disapproval of or encouraging actions against
  • French: à bas — expressing disapproval of or encouraging actions against
  • German: nieder mit — expressing disapproval of or encouraging actions against
  • Greek: κάτω (káto) — expressing disapproval of or encouraging actions against
  • Hebrew: הלאה — expressing disapproval of or encouraging actions against
  • Hindi: मुरदाबाद (murdābād) — expressing disapproval of or encouraging actions against
  • Interlingua: a basso — expressing disapproval of or encouraging actions against
  • Japanese: 打倒 (datō) — expressing disapproval of or encouraging actions against
  • Japanese: 倒せ (taose) — expressing disapproval of or encouraging actions against
  • Norwegian: ned med — expressing disapproval of or encouraging actions against
  • Persian: مرگ بر (marg bar) — expressing disapproval of or encouraging actions against
  • Polish: precz z — expressing disapproval of or encouraging actions against
  • Russian: долой (doloj) — expressing disapproval of or encouraging actions against
  • Spanish: abajo — expressing disapproval of or encouraging actions against
  • Swedish: ned med — expressing disapproval of or encouraging actions against
  • Turkish: kahrolsun — expressing disapproval of or encouraging actions against
  • Urdu: مردہ باد (murda bād) — expressing disapproval of or encouraging actions against
  • Vietnamese: đả đảo — expressing disapproval of or encouraging actions against
  • Yiddish: דאָלוי (doloy) — expressing disapproval of or encouraging actions against
  • Danish: nede med — okay with
  • Finnish: ok — okay with