come down with

Idioms and Phrases

Become ill with, as in The whole family came down with the flu . [Late 1800s]

Example Sentences

While everyone I spoke with in Kentucky had come down with the presidential sweepstakes fever, I couldn’t find anyone making sense.

From Salon

“They come down with energy and they come down with interest rates,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times

“Ringo has come down with a cold and after consulting a doctor he was advised to cancel these two remaining shows and get rest,” the statement said, adding that ticketholders for Tuesday’s show — and Wednesday’s finale at Radio City Music Hall in New York City — would receive automatic refunds.

From Los Angeles Times

And with many California schoolchildren having already returned to school, “this is, unfortunately, a prime weekend to potentially come down with something.”

From Los Angeles Times

They said they haven’t received any personal protective equipment beyond gloves to guard against the virus, even as they or colleagues have come down with conjunctivitis and flu-like symptoms that they fear to be bird flu.

From Salon