[General] I'd still be down.

[kompstar]

Pretty Little Liars Movie 0 min : 54 sec https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gsVww2h1KQo

Emily: Are you coming?
Hanna: I can't. If you're gonna slash his tires or bust his headlights, I'd still be down. But I don't want to be in the same room with him.
Emily: I know. I get it.

What does "I'd still be down" mean?

 

[Charlie Bernstein]

Good question!

It's common American slang. She's still down for vandalizing his car.

She's down for it = she's ready, she's available, she's looking forward to it, she's psyched, she's hot to trot.

I think it evolved from writing things down on lists. For instance:

- You: How many tomatoes will be in my vegetable order?

- Me: I have you down [on my list] for a dozen.​

Over time, the meaning of down for has expanded. So now, if we want to do something, we often say we're down for it.

"I'd still be down" is short for "I'd still be down for it," easily understood by a native speaker.

 

[SoothingDave]

It's one of the slang ironies that being "down" for something can also mean that you are "up" for it.

 

[emsr2d2]

I'd use "up for it" in natural BrE and I have seen "down with it" before. I don't think I've seen "down for​ it" before.

 

[kompstar]

Good question!

It's common American slang. She's still down for vandalizing his car.

"I'd still be down" is short for "I'd still be down for it," easily understood by a native speaker.

Thank you very much.

I'm not sure one more thing - is "I'd" an abbreviation for "I would" or "I had"?

 

[GoesStation]

It's I would​ in this case.

 

[emsr2d2]

If "I'd" there meant "I had", you would be left with "I'd have be ...", which I'm sure you know is incorrect.