come down with

present singular third person comes down with · participle present coming down with · past came down with

1. To develop symptoms or signs of (an illness).

   Near-synonyms: catch, contract, acquire

   3 more examples

   With a scratchy throat and a cough, it feels like I'm coming down with a cold.

   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.

   1917 April 21, George Draper, “Acute Poliomyelitis: Early Diagnosis and Serum Therapy”, in The Journal of the American Medical Association, volume 68, number 16, Chicago, Ill., →DOI, page 1153

   Almost 100 people came down with norovirus aboard a Royal Caribbean ship amid a 13-day voyage, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported earlier this week.

   2025 October 2, Claire Fahy, “Norovirus Outbreak Sickens Nearly 100 on Royal Caribbean Cruise”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC

   Synonyms: catch, contract, acquire

2. To lay down (money) in payment; to pay.

   So I diddled around, then came down with the money, and we were finally ready to roll.

   2011, Charley Rosen, The Wizard of Odds