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What does catch a cold mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word catch a cold? Here's what it means.

Verb
  1. (idiomatic) To contract a cold.
  2. (Can we verify(+) this sense?) (idiomatic) To encounter difficulties.
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The next time to you catch a cold, eating this hot may help you feel better.
You may also experience anxiety, negative thinking or memory loss, catch a cold or get the flu more often than normal.
Eyes will be focused even more sharply on Hornby should the economy get caught out in the rain, in which case the bank might catch a cold.
The rain is coming down in sheets, and while I'm hungry, I have no particular desire to get soaking wet and catch a cold.
That worked fine as long as prices held steady or even dropped but meant they could catch a cold if prices rose above expectations.
The US economy is teetering between recession and growth, and if it sneezes we all catch a cold.

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