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Become ill with, as in The whole family came down with the flu . [Late 1800s]
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Animals that catch it typically come down with a high temperature before developing blisters, usually around the mouth or feet.

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While adults catch on average between three to four colds a year, kids can come down with four or more every year.

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And in just the last 30 days, 23 commercial poultry farms in California have come down with the virus — affecting more than 5.6 million birds.

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

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

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