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
Edu	-	Portuguese
Sandford	SAN-fərd	English (Rare)
Miquel	-	Catalan
Vito	VEE-to (Italian), BEE-to (Spanish)	Italian, Spanish
Dushyant	-	Indian, Hindi
Melania	me-LAHN-yah (Polish)	Italian, Spanish, Polish, Late Roman