take\ sick

take\ sick
• take ill
• take sick
v
To become sick.

Father took sick just before his birthday.

- Used in the passive with the same meaning.

The man was taken ill on the train.


Словарь американских идиом. — СПб., Изд-во "Лань". . 1997.

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