catch
verb [T] (STOP ESCAPING) /kætʃ/ (caught, caught)Definition
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B1 to find and stop a person or animal that is trying to escape: Great pressure was put on the police to catch the terrorists as soon as possible. [+ -ing verb] Two armed men were caught trying to cross the frontier at night. They were happy because they had caught a lot of fish that day.figurative I can see you're busy right now, so I'll catch you (= speak to you) later.Capturing or taking possession of thingsGetting, receiving and accepting
(Definition of catch verb (STOP ESCAPING) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- apprehend verb (CATCH)
- apprehension noun (CATCHING)
- arrogate verb
- at bay idiom
- bag verb (GET)
- cage verb
- catch noun (SOMETHING CAUGHT)
- catch verb (TAKE HOLD)
- corner verb (TRAP)
- entangle verb
- get your claws into sb idiom
- get/lay/put your hands on sb idiom
- grab noun
- grab verb (TAKE WITH HAND)
- pin verb (STOP MOVEMENT)
- seize verb
- sequester verb (TAKE)
- snag verb (GET)
- snatch at sth phrasal verb
- snatch verb (TAKE QUICKLY)
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