come down with flu

Frequency: 7.512.3 per million words

to start to suffer from the flu

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Examples (10)

  • 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.