GET SICK Definition & Meaning

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get sick

Also, . Become ill, as in It's just my luck to get sick on vacation , or When was she taken ill? [Ninth century]
Become disgusted, as in We got sick as we learned how much money was wasted , or I get sick when I hear about his debts . [Early 1500s] Also see make one sick .
Also, get sick to one's stomach ; be sick . Become nauseated, vomit, as in If you eat any more candy you'll get sick , or Sick to her stomach every morning? She must be pregnant . [Early 1600s]

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But the parasites can infect the muscles and connective tissue of the fish, Hechinger said, which is how a person eating it can get sick despite cutting off the head and fins.

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A staff member at Gengdan Institute told local outlet Dute News that the school may have created the rule about proving menstruation in order to deter students from faking periods to get sick notes.

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"She wasn't gaining any weight, and she would get sick so easily."

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"How can I get this child the milk that he needs to drink? He doesn't eat even though he's just over a year old, because if he eats, he will immediately get sick."

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But she also worries about her 7-month-old grandson whom she babysits throughout the week, whom she fears could get sick from the area’s tainted water.

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