take sick

and take ill

to become ill. I took sick with a bad cold last week. I hope I don't take ill before final exams.

Chiefly Southern US To become ill.

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Teresa	te-RE-sah (Spanish, Polish), te-RE-zah (Italian, German), TE-re-sah (Finnish), tə-REE-sə (English), tə-REE-zə (English)	Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, Finnish, Polish, German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, English
Myranda	mə-RAN-də	English (Modern)
Annot	['ænɔt]
Annett	-	German
Georgie	['dʒɔ:dʒi]
Tekla	-	Georgian, Hungarian