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Verb
come down with (third-person singular simple present comes down with, present participle coming down with, simple past came down with, past participle come down with)
- To contract or get (an illness); to show symptoms of.
- With a scratchy throat and a cough, it feels like I'm coming down with a cold.
1917 April 21, George Draper, “Acute Poliomyelitis: Early Diagnosis and Serum Therapy”, in The Journal of the American Medical Association, volume 68, number 16, Chicago, Ill., →DOI, page 1153:It is further reported that when tremendously large doses of virus are given intravenously, from 250 to 500 c.c., the animals come down with the disease.
- To lay down (money) in payment; to pay.
2011, Charley Rosen, The Wizard of Odds:So I diddled around, then came down with the money, and we were finally ready to roll.
Translations
to show symptoms of an illness
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