OXFORD 9000
📚 verb • entry_id 34300

come down with

Meanings (ES + gloss)
contraer • ponerse malo de
To contract or get (an illness); to show symptoms of.
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.
With a scratchy throat and a cough, it feels like I'm coming down with a cold.
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