come down with

Idioms  

1. Become ill with, as in The whole family came down with the flu. [Late 1800s]

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Example Sentences

With three children ages 4 to 16, the singer and actor accepts the certainty that she’ll come down with something every now and again.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 26, 2025

Animals that catch it typically come down with a high temperature before developing blisters, usually around the mouth or feet.

From BBC • Apr. 17, 2025

While adults catch on average between three to four colds a year, kids can come down with four or more every year.

From Salon • Dec. 18, 2024

More than 3 years earlier, in the summer of 2020, Hayden had come down with COVID-19 while visiting family in Colorado.

From Science Magazine • Apr. 11, 2024

“Is… is my pop lonely?” he asked, his voice soft and a little bit husky, like he’d come down with a cold in the last thirty seconds.

From "Not Nothing" by Gayle Forman