Dictionary for writing and speaking English. 2014.
catch sb out — UK US catch sb out Phrasal Verb with catch({{}}/kætʃ/ verb [T] (caught, caught) ► to unexpectedly cause difficulty for someone: »The interest rate is very competitive and fixed for the term, so borrowers won t get caught out by rising interest… … Financial and business terms
catch someone out — Brit. 1》 detect that someone has done something wrong. 2》 put someone in a difficult situation for which they are unprepared. → catch … English new terms dictionary
catch somebody out — … Useful english dictionary
catch — catch1 W1S1 [kætʃ] v past tense and past participle caught [ko:t US ko:t] ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(take and hold)¦ 2¦(find/stop somebody)¦ 3¦(see somebody doing something)¦ 4¦(illness)¦ 5 catch somebody by surprise/catch somebody off guard 6 catch somebody… … Dictionary of contemporary English
catch — 1 verb past tense and past participle caught 1 STOP/TRAP SB (T) a) to stop someone after you have been chasing them and prevent them from escaping: You can t catch me! she yelled, running away across the field. | If the guerrillas catch you, they … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
catch out — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms catch out : present tense I/you/we/they catch out he/she/it catches out present participle catching out past tense caught out past participle caught out British 1) to show that someone has made a mistake or is … English dictionary
catch out — verb trap; especially in an error or in a reprehensible act He was caught out She was found out when she tried to cash the stolen checks • Syn: ↑find out • Hypernyms: ↑detect, ↑observe, ↑find, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
catch*/*/*/ — [kætʃ] (past tense and past participle caught [kɔːt] ) verb I 1) [I/T] to stop something that is falling or moving through the air, and hold it Stewart caught the ball with one hand.[/ex] A bucket stood under the hole to catch the rain.[/ex] 2)… … Dictionary for writing and speaking English
catch out — PHRASAL VERB To catch someone out means to cause them to make a mistake that reveals that they are lying about something, do not know something, or cannot do something. [mainly BRIT] [V n P prep] Detectives followed him for months hoping to catch … English dictionary
catch — verb (past and past participle caught) 1》 intercept and hold (something which has been thrown, propelled, or dropped). ↘seize or take hold of. ↘Cricket dismiss (a batsman) by catching the ball before it touches the ground. 2》 capture (a… … English new terms dictionary
