phrasal verb · neutral
come down with
/kʌm daʊn wɪð/come·DOWN·with
speakingtask1
to start to suffer from an illness (usually minor), e.g. a cold or flu
Examples
“I think I'm coming down with a cold — my throat is sore.”
“Several students came down with the flu after the trip.”
“He came down with a fever and had to miss school.”
Band 8 sentence
“Several members of the choir came down with a contagious respiratory infection after the outdoor rehearsal.”
Collocations
- come down with a cold
- come down with the flu
- come down with a fever
Word family
come down with vcomes down with v (3rd sg)came down with v (past)coming down with v (gerund)
Common mistakes
I came down a cold.→I came down with a cold.
Say it for a higher band
5get (sick)→6catch (a cold)→7+come down with
Synonyms
catch (a cold)
Easily confused
catch a cold
“She caught a cold after getting wet in the rain.”
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