come down with

English

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Verb

come down with

1. 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.

2. 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

• French: tomber malade (fr), attraper (fr), contracter (fr)
• Hindi: उतरना (hi) (utarnā)
• Italian: prendersi un malanno

• Latvian: sasirgt
• Spanish: contraer (es), ponerse malo de

See also

• go down with