come down with

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

Example Sentences

Hopper, a consultant vascular surgeon who had carried out hundreds of amputation operations, told me he had come down with a mystery illness on a family camping trip which had led to sepsis and below-knee amputations of both his legs.

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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.

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“We’re going to come down with a really heavy hand.”

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

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

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