- come down with
- become sick, become ill
Brenda came down with the flu. She's very sick.
English Idioms. Sayings and slang .
come down with
Look at other dictionaries:
come down with — (something) to become ill with a disease. Twenty two pupils came down with flu … New idioms dictionary
come down with — [v] contract illness be stricken with, catch, contract, fall ill, fall victim to, sicken, take, take sick; concepts 93,303 Ant. be immune … New thesaurus
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 * * * come down with To become ill with or contract (a disease) • • • Main Entry:… … Useful english dictionary
come down with — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms come down with : 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 come down with something to… … English dictionary
come down with — PHRASAL VERB If you come down with an illness, you get it. [V P P n] Thomas came down with chickenpox at the weekend … English dictionary
come down with — the whole family has come down with chicken pox Syn: fall ill with, fall sick with, be taken ill with, show symptoms of, become infected with, get, catch, develop, contract, fall victim to … Thesaurus of popular words
come down with — phr verb Come down with is used with these nouns as the object: ↑bug, ↑fever, ↑flu … Collocations dictionary
come down with something — come down with (something) to become ill with a disease. Twenty two pupils came down with flu … New idioms dictionary
come down with something — ˌcome ˈdown with sth derived no passive to get an illness that is not very serious • I think I m coming down with flu. Main entry: ↑comederived … Useful english dictionary
come down with — {v.}, {informal} To become sick with; catch. * /We all came down with the mumps./ * /After being out in the rain, George came down with a cold./ … Dictionary of American idioms
come down with — {v.}, {informal} To become sick with; catch. * /We all came down with the mumps./ * /After being out in the rain, George came down with a cold./ … Dictionary of American idioms
