come down with flu
Frequency: 7.512.3 per million words
to start to suffer from the flu
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- I feel awful; I think I'm coming down with the flu.
- My colleague suddenly came down with the flu and had to leave work.
- She canceled her trip because she came down with a bad case of the flu.
- If you don't get enough rest, you're more likely to come down with the flu.
- Several people in the office have come down with the flu this week.
- Coming down with the flu right before a major exam is the worst.
- He was perfectly healthy yesterday, but today he seems to have come down with the flu.
- I started feeling weak and achy, which is usually how I know I'm coming down with the flu.
- Every winter, it seems at least one person in our family comes down with the flu.
- The doctor confirmed that I had come down with the flu and advised me to rest.