come down with

come down with
FALL ILL WITH, fall sick with, be taken ill with, show symptoms of, become infected with, get, catch, develop, contract, fall victim to; Brit. go down with.
come

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come down with
To become ill with or contract (a disease)
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Main Entry:come

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ˌcome ˈdown with [transitive] [present tense I/you/we/they come down with he/she/it comes down with present participle coming down with past tense came down with past participle come down with] phrasal verb
to become ill with a particular disease, usually one that is not serious
Thesaurus: to have or develop an illness or symptomsynonym
Main entry: come

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begin to suffer from (a specified illness)

I came down with influenza

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come down with [phrasal verb]
come down with (an illness) : to begin to have or suffer from (an illness)

She came down with [=contracted] measles.

I think I may be coming down with [=getting, catching] a cold.

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Main Entry:come

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