If people shout 'down with' something or someone, they are saying that they dislike them and want to get rid of them.
[spoken, disapproval]
Demonstrators chanted 'down with the rebels'.
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down with in British English
(functioning as imperative)
wanting the end of somebody or something
down with the king!
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down with in British English
informal
a.
having a good understanding of
down with electronics
b.
in agreement with
completely down with that idea
c.
enjoying mutual friendship and respect with
down with the kids
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down with! in American English
overthrow! do away with!
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Examples of 'down with' in a sentence
down with
I drove back to Marnier's house and parked up five streets away and walked back down with the matting.
Robert Wilson A DARKENING STAIN (2002)
The last thing she wanted was to come down with a sore throat.
Fidelis Morgan THE RIVAL QUEENS: A COUNTESS ASHBY DE LA ZOUCHE MYSTERY (2002)
All related terms of 'down with'
go down with
If you go down with an illness or a disease, you catch it.
come down with
If you come down with an illness , you get it.
to get bogged down with something
to be prevented from making progress
someone is caught with their pants down
said to mean that something happens that someone is not prepared for and that reveals an embarrassing or shocking fact about them. In British English, you can also say that someone is caught with their trousers down .
you could have knocked me down with a feather
said to mean that you were extremely surprised or shocked by something
come down to earth
to have to face the reality of everyday life after a period of great excitement
to catch sb with their trousers/pants down to be caught with one's pants down
If someone is caught with their pants down , something happens that they are not prepared for and that reveals something embarrassing or shocking about them. In British English, you can also say that they are caught with their trousers down .