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
Al-Amir	-	Arabic (Rare)
Oluwaseun	-	Western African, Yoruba
Mathis	MAH-tis (German)	German, French
Odeta	-	Lithuanian
Ahtisaari	[ahtisari:]
GyÖNgyi	DYUUN-dyee	Hungarian