Usually means: Start to suffer from illness.
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  1. come down with: Merriam-Webster
  2. come down with: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. come down with: Wiktionary
  4. come down with: Dictionary.com
  5. come down with: Phrasal Verb Page
  6. come down with: TheFreeDictionary.com
  7. come down with: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

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  1. come down with: Idioms

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Definitions from Wiktionary (come down with)

▸ verb:  To contract or get (an illness); to show symptoms of.
▸ verb:  To lay down (money) in payment; to pay.

Similar:
take, catch, fall ill, contract, be taken ill, take ill, be taken sick, catch a case, acquire, have, more...

Types:
contract, catch, develop, get, more...

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Similar:
take, catch, fall ill, contract, be taken ill, take ill, be taken sick, catch a case, acquire, have, more...

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contract, catch, develop, get, more...



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