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catch cold

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catch cold and take cold
Fig. to contract a cold (a common respiratory infection.) (Use with catch is more frequent.) Please close the window, or we'll all catch cold. I take cold every year at this time.
See also: catch, cold

catch somebody cold  (American)
(informal) to surprise someone with an event, a question, or a piece of news they are not expecting You caught me cold with this news - I didn't know anything about it.
See also: catch, cold


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Rain is descending in pailfuls, and it is such a soaking kind of rain that--that you might catch cold from it, my darling, and the chill might go to your heart.
They might catch cold," said the conscientious Jemima.
"Go in, Annette, or you will catch cold," said the little princess, taking leave of Anna Pavlovna.
 
 
 
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