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
Taranis	-	Celtic Mythology
ĐOrĐE	-	Serbian
Wheeler	['wi:lə]
Raja (2)	-	Urdu, Tamil, Indian, Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada, Hindi, Marathi, Indonesian
Chryseis	-	Greek Mythology
Rosamond	['rɔzəmənd]