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fell sick

fell sick is the simple past of fall sick.

Meaning of fall sick

Verb

fall sick (third-person singular simple present falls sick, present participle falling sick, simple past fell sick, past participle fallen sick)

  1. To become ill; to fall ill.

Questions about fell sick

What is fell sick the simple past of?
Fell sick is the simple past of fall sick.

Words near fell sick in the dictionary

  1. fell prey
  2. fell runner
  3. fell runners
  4. fell running
  5. fell short
  6. fell sick
  7. fell silent
  8. fell stitch
  9. fell stitches
  10. fell through
  11. fell through the cracks

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