down with

/daʊn wɪθ/

interjection

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

“Down with the government!”

Opposite
long liveup with
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Meanings

interjectiondown with … !
  1. Expressing disapproval of or encouraging actions against a person, organization, practice, belief, etc., typically in a public protest.

    Down with the government!

    1 more example

    The fugitives passed by his horse, through the group of the generals, through the foot guards, on the way towards Sedan with the cry, "Everyone for himself! All is lost! All is finished! Down with the Emperor — down with the generals who have betrayed us! On, on!"

    1877, Edinburgh Review, Or Critical Journal, volumes 145-146, page 273
preposition
  1. colloquialComfortable with; having a positive, favourable, or accepting attitude toward; approving of; okay with.

    “Hey, dude, are you down with this groove?”

    2014, Poe Hawkins, The Last Alchemist: And the Love of His Life, Balboa Press, →ISBN, page 204
    4 more examples

    “If I can make your lives easier by staying where I'm supposed to, I'm down with it.”

    2017, Iona Morrison, Dance with a Devil, The Wild Rose Press Inc, →ISBN

    “They both looked at each other and she smiled and said, “I'm down with it, let's do it.”

    2014, Harvey Douglas Wall, HAM The Fire Starter, AuthorHouse, →ISBN, page 99

    Now are you down with this shit one hundred percent, because this isn't the Carolinas. The game is bigger than those two states.”

    2012, O’Shun M Jones, The Commission: A Hip Hop Interpretation of the Mafia, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN, page 38

    “Look, are you down with this or not, Kicky? I need to know now.

    2008, H.A. Covington, The Brigade, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN, page 187
  2. colloquialSuffering from (an illness).

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

Synonyms & antonyms

Opposite
long liveup with

Translations

Arabic يسقط, تسقط
  • يسقط (yasqut)expressing disapproval of or encouraging actions against
  • تسقط (tasqut)expressing disapproval of or encouraging actions against
Basque akatu
  • akatuaway with
Bulgarian до́лу на
  • до́лу на (dólu na)away with
Catalan a baix
  • a baixaway with
Chinese Mandarin 停止, 打倒
  • 停止 (tíngzhǐ)away with
  • 打倒 (dǎdǎo)expressing disapproval of or encouraging actions against
Czech pryč s
  • pryč saway with
Danish ned med, nede med
  • ned medexpressing disapproval of or encouraging actions against
  • nede medokay with
Dutch weg met
  • weg metaway with
Esperanto for, for
  • foraway with
  • forexpressing disapproval of or encouraging actions against
Finnish alas, alas
  • alasaway with
  • alasexpressing disapproval of or encouraging actions against
  • okokay with
French à bas, à bas
  • à basaway with
  • à basexpressing disapproval of or encouraging actions against
German nieder mit, nieder mit
  • nieder mitaway with
  • nieder mitexpressing disapproval of or encouraging actions against
Greek κάτω
  • κάτω (káto)expressing disapproval of or encouraging actions against
Hebrew הלאה, הלאה
  • הלאהaway with
  • הלאהexpressing disapproval of or encouraging actions against
Hindi मुरदाबाद
  • मुरदाबाद (murdābād)expressing disapproval of or encouraging actions against
Irish don Diabhal leis
  • don Diabhal leisaway with
Italian abbasso
  • abbassoaway with
Japanese 打倒, 倒せ
  • 打倒 (datō)expressing disapproval of or encouraging actions against
  • 倒せ (taose)expressing disapproval of or encouraging actions against
Malay tolak
  • tolakaway with
Norwegian ned med, ned med
  • ned medaway with
  • ned medexpressing disapproval of or encouraging actions against
Polish precz z, precz z
  • precz zaway with
  • precz zexpressing disapproval of or encouraging actions against
Portuguese abaixo
  • abaixoaway with
Romanian jos
  • josaway with
Russian доло́й, прочь
  • доло́й (dolój)away with
  • прочь (pročʹ)away with
  • долой (doloj)expressing disapproval of or encouraging actions against
Spanish abajo, abajo
  • abajoaway with
  • abajoexpressing disapproval of or encouraging actions against
Swedish ned med, ned med
  • ned medaway with
  • ned medexpressing disapproval of or encouraging actions against
Tamil ஒழிக
  • ஒழிக (oḻika)away with
Thai ...จงพินาศ
  • ...จงพินาศ (... jong-pí-nâat)expressing disapproval of or encouraging actions against
Turkish kahrolsun
  • kahrolsunexpressing disapproval of or encouraging actions against
Ukrainian геть
  • геть (hetʹ)away with
Urdu مُرْدَہ باد
  • مُرْدَہ باد (murda bād)expressing disapproval of or encouraging actions against
Vietnamese đả đảo
  • đả đảoexpressing disapproval of or encouraging actions against
Yiddish דאָלוי, דאָלוי
  • דאָלוי (doloy)away with
  • דאָלוי (doloy)expressing disapproval of or encouraging actions against
Cite this entry
APA

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MLA

“down with.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/down%20with. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

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