be down with
B1 informal transitive
In simple words
To be sick with something, OR (in slang) to be totally okay with something or really like it.
Literal meaning: To be brought down (low) by something, or to be on the same level as something.
Meanings
1 A2 informal
To be suffering from an illness.
"She's been down with the flu all week and hasn't left her room."
2 B1
idiomatic
slang
(Slang) To agree with, approve of, or feel enthusiastic about something.
"If you want to go to the late-night showing, I'm totally down with that."
"Are you down with O.P.P.?"
— Naughty by Nature, 'O.P.P.' (song), 1991
Usage notes
The illness sense is neutral and widely understood. The slang sense ('I'm down with that') became popular through hip-hop culture in the 1990s and is widely used in American English, particularly among younger speakers.
Commonly used with
flu cold fever that it plan
Forms
Base
be down with
I/you/we/they
3rd person
is down with
he/she/it
Past simple
was/were down with
yesterday
Past participle
been down with
have + pp
-ing form
being down with
continuous
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