suffer an attack of (some illness)
suffer an attack of (some illness)
To be stricken by a sudden or acute onset of some kind of illness or its symptoms. I went to bed early last night after suffering a severe attack of indigestion. He suffered an asthma attack halfway through the hike.
See also: attack, of, suffer
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
suffer an attack
(of an illness)1. Go to an attack (of an illness).
See also: attack, suffer
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
- suffer an attack
- illness
- attack
- an attack
- an attack of (some illness)
- produce an attack
- produce an attack (of some illness)
- of a sudden
- all of a sudden
- stricken in years