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come down with

verb as in contract illness

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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.

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.

“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.

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

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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