come down with

American  

verb

came down with, coming down with

1. to feel the early symptoms of (a head cold, the flu, a migraine, or other typically short-term illness).

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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

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come down with

She said it is a "massive way of recycling", describing how families "come down with one size, hang it up and take the next size along".

From BBC ● Aug. 10, 2026

Her father, for his part, recalled how it felt to come down with hantavirus, causing body aches and a bitter taste that even made sipping water unpleasant.

From Barron's ● May 11, 2026

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

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

Because no one else has come down with typhus.

From "The Light in Hidden Places" by Sharon Cameron

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