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Saying you're down to do something means the same thing as saying you're up for it.
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As a non native speaker, this messed me up for years
I always heard about "being up" for something, so I logically assumed that being down meant the inverse. Even more that "feeling down" usually means not being able to do things.
Not to confuse you more, but with your phrasing you are correct.
If you're up for it, or being up for something, you are interested. Similarly, if you're down for something, or you'd be down for it, you are interested.
But if you are feeling down, you are not up for it.
The former 2, the verb is the action of being ready.
In the latter, the verb is feeling and down is the state.
For example, despite me feeling down I'm down to go out and party tonight.
It’s not about the crest or the trough. It’s about the motion of the ocean baby.
Up and down are both disturbed, ya dig? It means the thing made an impression on you. Got under your skin, gave you the itch, it’s bugging you, eating at you, lighting a fire under your ass, putting you in the hot seat.
No more smooth sailing. Buy the ticket, take the ride, you know? Get this idea off the ground, get up and bounce. You know, jump around.
Get up, get up, and get down.