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catch a cold(also catch cold) 1Become infected with a cold.Also, his lungs became infected every time he caught a cold....- If your child touches his or her mouth or nose after touching skin or some other surface that's been contaminated by one of the rhinoviruses that causes colds, your child may catch a cold.
- I have no plans for Canada Day and I might not be doing absolutely anything, because I am feeling pretty ill right now, I think I caught a cold and my throat is swollen.
1.1Encounter difficulties: the investors who have put up around $30 million could catch a cold...- Unless the government is prepared to act and act soon, one of Scotland's biggest industries could soon be catching a cold.
- ‘When Wall Street sneezes, the rest of the world catches a cold.’
- Even the Mail's City pages get in on the act, with a piece on ‘Why the markets catch a cold after a Labour victory’.
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