[Vocabulary] Curiosity came over me.

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beachboy

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1 - Curiosity came over me.
2 - Curiosity took over me.
3 - Curiosity took the better of me.
4 - Curiosity took the best of me.

I'm not sure if the second sentence works here. Anyway, which sentences are more common in everyday English?
 

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None of them. In BrE, we say "Curiosity got the better of me."
 
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