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take sick (third-person singular simple present takes sick, present participle taking sick, simple past took sick, past participle taken sick)
- (intransitive, dated) To become ill, to fall ill, to attract an illness.
- Synonyms: take ill, fall sick, be taken ill, be taken sick
1871, Noah A. McDonald, “Chapter 3 Religion”, in Siam: Its Government, Manners, Customs, &c, Philadelphia: Alfred Martien, page 80:The father of a certain family took sick and died. The family believed some foul play had been exercised in his case, and when they came to burn the body, a small portion, perhaps the heart, did not consume as rapidly as the rest.
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