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
Jenkins	['dʒeŋkinz]
Esen	-	Turkish
Phokas	-	Ancient Greek
Thoko	TO-ko	Southern African, Chewa
Ferdynand	fer-DI-nahnd	Polish
NoÉ	no-E (French, Spanish)	French, Spanish, Portuguese