catch sb with their pants/trousers down
Definition
› to discover someone doing something that they want to keep secret, usually something sexualFinding and discovering › to ask someone unexpectedly to do or say something that they are not prepared forSurprising and shockingMaking people sad, shocked and upset
(Definition of catch sb with their pants/trousers down from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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catch sb on the wrong foot idiom
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catch sb out phrasal verb (CAUSE DIFFICULTY)
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catch sb out phrasal verb (SHOW WRONG)
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catch sb out phrasal verb (TRICK)
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catch sb red-handed idiom
- catch sb with their pants/trousers down idiom
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catch sb's eye idiom
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catch up phrasal verb (DISCUSS)
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catch up phrasal verb (DO SOMETHING)
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catch up phrasal verb (REACH SAME STANDARD)
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catch up with sb phrasal verb (CAUSE PROBLEMS)
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Synonyms and related words:
- a fishing expedition idiom
- ascertain verb
- break fresh/new ground idiom
- breakthrough noun
- catch sb red-handed idiom
- finder noun
- finders keepers (losers weepers) idiom
- finding noun (DISCOVERY)
- flush sb out phrasal verb
- get hold of idiom
- orientate verb (FIND POSITION)
- pin sth down phrasal verb
- put sb onto sth phrasal verb
- put your finger on sth idiom
- rake sth out phrasal verb
- run sb/sth down phrasal verb (FIND)
- smell sth/sb out phrasal verb
- suss verb
- unlock verb
- winkle sth/sb out phrasal verb
Topic:
Finding and discovering
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