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Teal lime Posted 5 years ago
Grammar

Be down to (doing) something

Does the expression "To be down to (doing) something" exist?

If so, when do you use it?

Would you please give some examples?

Thank you.

  

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teal lime Does the expression "To be down to (doing) something" exist? No. It's "down to (do) something" or "down for (doing) something" or "down with something".

  • teal lime Does the expression "To be down to (doing) something" exist?
  • No.
  • It's "down to (do) something" or "down for (doing) something" or "down with something".
  • teal lime If so, when do you use it?
  • Never.
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teal limeDoes the expression "To be down to (doing) something" exist?

No. It's "down to (do) something" or "down for (doing) something" or "down with something".

teal limeIf so, when do you use it?

Never. It is inner-city slang that does not even have the redeeming virtue of filling a gap in the language or having

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The phrase "down to" can be used in several ways, and it is not clear to me which one you might be referring to. For example, it can mean "the responsibility or fault of", as in "The ****-up was down to John", or "to the last person or thing that can be used", as in "I'm down to my last cigarette". It seems only marginally possible for these expressions to take a "doing something" object, at l

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