Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

come down with

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.51 in modern English

Syllables: come -down with
IPA

26

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

2

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To develop symptoms or signs of (an illness).

verb

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

Example Sentences

"Near-synonyms: catch, contract, acquire"
"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."
"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."
"So I diddled around, then came down with the money, and we were finally ready to roll."

Inflected Forms

comes down with (present, singular) coming down with (participle, present) came down with (past)

Phrases

come down with the dust go down with

Frequently Paired Words

go down with come up with put down shell out fork out fork over

Synonyms

catch contract acquire

Questions

What does come down with mean?: To develop symptoms or signs of (an illness).

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