Trips in central Kurdistan initially become unhealthy (4,4)

I believe the answer is:

fall sick

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'become unhealthy' is the definition.
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'trips in central kurdistan initially' is the wordplay.
'trips' becomes 'falls' (fall is a kind of trip).
'initially' indicates taking the first letters.
The initial letters of 'in central kurdistan' is 'ick'.
'falls'+'ick'='FALL SICK'

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