catch

/kætʃ/ verb [T] (caught, caught)

Definition

catch sb off guard/by surprise › to surprise someone and cause difficulty for them: A lot of taxpayers will be caught off guard by their new tax liability

catch sb's eye/catch the eye of sb › to get someone's attention, or to be noticed by someone: The high-profile plan has caught the eye of a national audience.

be/get caught up in sth › to become involved in something, often without wanting to: The firm was caught up in the near-collapse of one of the world's largest hedge funds.

(Definition of catch verb from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)