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Definition of down on

as in allergic

having a natural dislike for something I don't understand why Louise is so down on mushrooms. They're delicious!

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Recent Examples of down on Those inside the room crouched down on the floor in the darkness, waiting for help for 30 minutes. — Billy Stockwell, CNN Money, 7 Aug. 2026 As Variety has noted in an extensive drill-down on the city’s film scene, Recife boasted a vibrant silent cinema movement in the 1920s. — Rafa Sales Ross, Variety, 7 Aug. 2026 Infrastructure And Workforce Decisions Founders should slow down on decisions that are expensive to reverse, especially around core infrastructure and key hires. — Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026 Then running back Cam Skattebo limped off after back-to-back run stops by rookie linebacker Arvell Reese, who ran Skattebo down on the second play and then ran him over. — Pat Leonard, New York Daily News, 7 Aug. 2026 Oil prices spiked and markets were broadly down on Friday as expectations for a full reopening of the strait looked increasingly uncertain. — semafor.com, 7 Aug. 2026 Inside Billy’s private movie theater, the projector beams down on the back of Anderson’s head like that infamous Nicole Kidman AMC promo. — Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 6 Aug. 2026 Texas is tripling down on the construction of AI data centers, at any cost. — Victor Tangermann, Futurism, 5 Aug. 2026 Hella Good Deeds began as the community outreach program for Cafe Cà Phê, a Vietnamese coffee shop a few stores down on Fifth Street. — Dylan Lysen, Kansas City Star, 4 Aug. 2026

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