come down with

Example Sentences

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“It’ll be damp and cold down there. Everything will be dripping wet. You’d probably get soaked and come down with a bad cold or pneumonia.”

From Literature

“Is… is my pop lonely?” he asked, his voice soft and a little bit husky, like he’d come down with a cold in the last thirty seconds.

From Literature

The storyline sees Harold trying to throw a lavish party for his trendy, upwardly mobile friends while dealing with Albert's lack of festive spirit - before both come down with a case of chicken pox on Christmas morning.

From BBC

“Are you all right, Judge Quinzy? It sounds as if you have come down with a dreadful cold.”

From Literature

The poor workmen look exhausted, and I’ve heard that some of them have come down with rheumatism.

From Literature