catch cold


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Verb1.catch cold - come down with a cold
catch - contract; "did you catch a cold?"
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Rain is descending in pailfuls, and it is such a soaking kind of rain that--that you might catch cold from it, my darling, and the chill might go to your heart.
They might catch cold," said the conscientious Jemima.
"Go in, Annette, or you will catch cold," said the little princess, taking leave of Anna Pavlovna.
"Do you never catch cold?" inquired Mary, gazing at him wonderingly.
I hope he didn't catch cold, that dreadful night, Sir.'