Contract
Contract verb - To become affected with (a disease or disorder).
Usage example: before vaccines were invented, people lived in fear of contracting polio
Go down with is a synonym for contract (British) in catch topic. In some cases you can use "Go down with" instead a verb "Contract", when it comes to topics like catch disease.
Go down with
Go down with verb - To become affected with (a disease or disorder).
Usage example: across the United Kingdom a number of children have gone down with chicken pox this week
Contract is a synonym for go down with (British) in fall ill with topic. You can use "Contract" instead a verb "Go down with".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- take and contract
- take and go down with
- decline and contract
- decline and go down with
- develop and contract
- develop and go down with
- catch and contract
- catch and go down with
- get and contract
- get and go down with
- sicken and contract
- sicken and go down with
- acquire and contract
- acquire and go down with
Cite this Source
Go down with and Contract. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/contract/go_down_with
Contract & Go down with. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/contract/go_down_with>.
Go down with or Contract. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/contract/go_down_with.
