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*down (with someone )

Sl. friends with someone; okay or on good terms with someone. (Down = okay. *Typically: be ~; get ~.) It's okay. I'm down with Chuck. Chuck and I are down.

down

1. mod. depressed; melancholy. (see also down with something.) I feel sort of down today.

2. mod. [of a machine] inoperative. (Originally said of a computer.) The system is down. Come back later.

3. tv. to eat or drink something down quickly. She downed her sandwich in record time.

4. tv. to throw someone down, as in wrestling; to knock someone down as in a fight. Wilbur downed his opponent and won the match.

5. mod. behind in a score. They’re twenty points down, and it looks like the Adamsville team has won.

6. mod. finished; completed; behind one. One down and three to go.

7. mod. learned; memorized. (From sense 6) I’ve got the dates down, but not the names.

8. mod. okay; satisfactory; cool; in agreement. (see also down (with someone).) We had a fight, but we’re down now.

9. mod. prepared; knowledgeable. (From senses 7 and 8.) Are you down for the test tomorrow?

10. mod. alcohol intoxicated. Five beers and he was down.

11. Go to downer.

down

verb

See down with someone

down

verb

See downer

See:

• 10 Downing Street
• a down and out
• a down-and-outer
• a hand-me-down
• a shiver down (one's) spine
• a shiver ran down (one's/someone's) spine
• a shiver went down (one's/someone's) spine
• a spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down
• all along the line
• all the way down the line
• anything new down your way?
• argue (someone/something) down
• argue down
• ask down
• back down
• bargain down
• batten down the hatches
• batter down
• be (down) on (one's) uppers
• be brought down a notch (or two)
• be brought down a peg (or two)
• be caught with (one's) pants down
• be caught with pants down
• be dead from the waist down
• be down
• be down in the dumps
• be down in the mouth
• be down on (one) like a ton of bricks
• be down on (one's) luck
• be down on (someone or something)
• be down on like a ton of bricks
• be down on luck
• be down to (do something)
• be down to (someone)
• be down to (something)
• be down with (something)
• be knocked down a notch (or two)
• be knocked down a peg (or two)
• be pulled down a notch (or two)
• be pulled down a peg (or two)
• be taken down a notch (or two)
• be taken down a peg (or two)
• be tipping (it) down
• be up alley
• be up and down
• beam down
• bear down
• beat down
• beat down on
• beat down to size
• bed down
• bed down some place
• belt a drink down
• belt down
• bend down
• bid down
• bind down
• blaze down
• blow down
• blow me down
• bog down
• bogged down
• boil (something) down to (something)
• boil down
• boil down to
• bolt down
• boogie down
• boogie down to somewhere
• boogie on down
• bounce up and down
• bow down
• bow down before (someone)
• bow down to (someone)
• break down
• breathe down neck
• breathe down someone's neck
• bring (someone) down a notch (or two)
• bring crashing down
• bring down
• bring down a peg
• bring down a peg or two
• bring down on
• bring down the curtain
• bring down the curtain (on something)
• bring down the house
• bring down to
• bring down to earth
• bring someone down
• bring the house down
• bring-down
• brush down
• bucket down
• buckle down
• buff down
• build down
• bunk down
• burn down
• burn someone down
• button down
• button-down
• buttoned-down
• call down
• calm down
• can't nail (something) down
• carry down
• cast down
• cast eyes down
• catch with pants down
• caught with (one's) pants down
• caught with one's pants down, be
• caught with pants down
• chain down
• change down
• charge down
• charge down on
• chase down
• choke down
• chop down
• chow down
• chow something down
• chuck down
• chuck it down
• chuck something down
• clamp down
• clamp down on
• clean down
• climb down
• close down
• close down and shut down
• clunk down
• come down
• come down hard
• come down hard on someone
• come down in buckets
• come down in the world
• come down on
• come down on the side of
• come down the pike
• come down to
• come down to earth
• come down to some place
• come down to us
• come down with
• Come in and sit a spell
• cool down
• cool off
• copy down
• count down
• cower down
• crack down
• crash down
• crouch down
• crunch down
• crush down
• cry down
• cut down
• cut down to
• cut down to size
• damp down
• deep down
• deep down inside
• dial down
• die away
• die down
• dig down
• dim down
• do (someone) down
• Do sit down
• don't let get you down
• doss down
• doss down for some time
• double down
• down
• down (one's) alley
• down and dirty
• down and out
• down at the heel
• down cold
• down cold, have
• down for the count
• down in
• down in the doldrums
• down in the dumps
• down in the mouth
• down memory lane
• down nose
• down on
• down on (one's) uppers
• down on his uppers
• down on luck
• down on one's luck
• down pat
• down South
• down the
• down the drain
• Down the hatch
• Down the hatch!
• down the line
• down the little red lane
• down the pan
• down the pike
• down the road
• down the road, not across the street
• down the street
• down the toilet
• down the track
• down the tube
• down the tube(s)
• down the tubes
• down time
• down to a fine art
• down to a gnat 's eyebrow
• down to bedrock
• down to brass tacks
• down to chili and beans
• down to earth
• down to fuck
• down to the ground
• down to the last detail
• down to the short strokes
• down to the wire
• down tools
• down trip
• down under
• down with
• down with a disease
• down with his apple-cart
• down with someone
• down with something
• down with the haps
• down-and-dirty
• down-and-outer
• down-at-heel
• down-at-heels
• down-at-the-heel
• down-at-the-heels
• downer
• down-home
• Downing Street
• down-to-earth
• down-to-the-wire
• drag down
• draw down
• dress down
• dressing-down
• drill down
• drink down
• drive a price down
• drive down
• drizzle down
• drop down
• drunk as a lord
• duck down
• dumb (something) down
• dumb down
• ease down
• face down
• fade down
• fall down
• fall down on
• fall down on the job
• falling down drunk
• falling-down drunk
• fasten down
• fight down
• file down
• filter down
• flag down
• flake down
• fling down
• flop down
• flop down on
• flushed down the tubes
• flutter down
• force (something) down (someone's) throat
• force down
• garbage down
• garbage something down
• get (someone) down
• get (something) down
• get down
• get down on someone
• get down to
• get down to brass tacks
• get down to business
• get down to cases
• get down to it
• get down to some serious drinking
• get down to the facts
• get down to the nitty-gritty
• get down to the nuts and bolts
• get down to work
• get head down
• give life
• give the thumbs down
• glance down
• glare down
• glare down on
• glue down
• go down
• go down (a/the) road
• go down a treat
• go down as
• go down fighting
• go down for the third time
• go down in defeat
• go down in flames
• go down in history
• go down like a lead balloon
• go down like ninepins
• go down on (someone)
• go down on knees
• go down on someone
• go down that road
• go down the chute
• go down the drain
• go down the line
• go down the pan
• go down the plughole
• go down the rabbit hole
• go down the toilet
• go down the tube
• go down the tubes
• go down the wrong way
• go down to
• go down with
• go downtown
• gobble down
• grade down
• grind down
• grow down
• gulp down
• gun down
• guzzle down
• hack down
• hail down
• hammer down
• hand down
• hand down from to
• hand-me-down
• hands down
• hang down
• haul down
• have (something) down cold
• have a yellow belly
• have a yellow streak down one’s back
• have down
• have down pat
• have down to a fine art
• have down to a science
• have down to a T
• He that is down need fear no fall
• help down
• hew down
• hit (someone) when (he or she) is down
• hold down
• hold the fort
• hook down
• hook something down
• hose down
• hose someone down
• hound or an animal down
• howl down
• hunker down
• hunker down to
• hunt down
• hurl down
• hurry down
• ice down
• If you lie down with dogs, you will get up with fleas
• It is easier to tear down than to build up
• jam (something) down (someone's) throat
• jaw down
• jaw someone down
• jot down
• jump all over
• jump down
• jump down someone's throat
• jump down throat
• keep (something) on the down low
• keep down
• keep head down
• keep it down
• Keep your head down
• kick down
• kick down with something
• kick the can down the road
• kick when down
• kneel down
• knock (someone) down a notch (or two)
• knock (someone) down a peg (or two)
• knock (someone) down with a feather
• knock down
• knock down with a feather
• knock for a loop
• knock something down
• knock-down, drag-out fight
• knock-down-drag-out
• knuckle down
• knuckle down to something
• knuckle under
• lash down
• lash down on
• laugh down
• lay down
• lay down and die
• lay down arms
• lay down life
• lay down the law
• lay down the marker
• lead down
• lead down garden path
• lead down the garden path
• lead down to
• lead up the garden path
• lean down
• leap down
• learn (something) down pat
• learn off pat
• leave down
• let (one) down gently
• let down
• let down (one's) guard
• let down (one's) hair
• let down easy
• let guard down
• let hair down
• let one's hair down
• let someone down
• let the side down
• letdown
• Let's get down to business
• level down
• lie down
• lie down and die
• lie down on
• lie down on the job
• lie down under
• lift down
• live down
• load down
• locked down
• look down
• look down nose
• look down nose at
• look down on
• look over
• look up and down
• low-down
• man down
• mark down
• melt down
• mix down
• mop down
• move down
• mow down
• nail down
• narrow down
• nestle down
• never let the sun go down on your anger
• never live down
• not take (something) sitting down
• note down
• nothing down
• on the down low
• on the downside
• one for the road
• pace back and forth
• pack down
• pad down
• pad down somewhere
• pare down
• party down
• party hearty
• pass down
• paste down
• pat down
• pay down
• peg down
• pelt down
• pick up what (one) is putting down
• pin down
• pipe down
• place down
• plane down
• plaster hair down
• play down
• play down to
• plonk down
• plump down
• plunge down
• plunk down
• point down to
• pop down
• pound down
• pour down
• pour money down the drain
• power down
• press down on
• price down