take cold

take cold
catch cold & take cold
Fig. to contract a cold (a common respiratory infection.) (Use with

catch

is more frequent.) •

Please close the window, or we'll all catch cold.

I take cold every year at this time.

* * *
See: CATCH COLD.

Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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