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.
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They might catch cold," said the conscientious Jemima.
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"Go in, Annette, or you will catch cold," said the little princess, taking leave of Anna Pavlovna.
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"Do you never catch cold?" inquired Mary, gazing at him wonderingly.
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I hope he didn't catch cold, that dreadful night, Sir.'
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