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Phrase(s): catch one’s death (of cold) [and] take one’s death (of cold)
Fig. to contract a cold, a common respiratory infection; to catch a serious cold. (See also catch cold.) • If I go out in this weather, I’ll catch my death of cold. • Dress up warm or you’ll take your death.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs