Catch
verb
To stop and hold something that is moving through the air.
She ran to catch the ball before it hit the ground.
verb
To discover someone doing something wrong or secret.
I caught him stealing cookies from the jar.
verb
To become infected with a disease.
He caught a cold from one of his classmates.
verb
To travel by a form of transport.
I need to catch the 8 o'clock train.
verb
To hear or understand something said.
Sorry, I didn't catch your last sentence, could you repeat it?
verb
To start burning.
The dry wood caught fire quickly.
noun
The act of catching something.
That was an amazing catch!
noun
A hidden problem or disadvantage in a situation that seems beneficial.
It sounds like a great job, but there's a catch: you have to work on weekends.
verb
To stop and hold something that is moving through the air.
She ran to catch the ball before it hit the ground.
verb
To discover someone doing something wrong or secret.
I caught him stealing cookies from the jar.
verb
To become infected with a disease.
He caught a cold from one of his classmates.
verb
To travel by a form of transport.
I need to catch the 8 o'clock train.
verb
To hear or understand something said.
Sorry, I didn't catch your last sentence, could you repeat it?
verb
To start burning.
The dry wood caught fire quickly.
noun
The act of catching something.
That was an amazing catch!
noun
A hidden problem or disadvantage in a situation that seems beneficial.
It sounds like a great job, but there's a catch: you have to work on weekends.
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Pro Tip 1/2Physical Movement
Used when talking about physically stopping an object moving through the air.
Can you catch this frisbee?
Pro Tip 2/2Requires Quick Action
Implies the need to react quickly to stop the object.
She had to sprint to catch the escaping balloon.
Pro Tip 1/2Physical Movement
Used when talking about physically stopping an object moving through the air.
Can you catch this frisbee?
Pro Tip 2/2Requires Quick Action
Implies the need to react quickly to stop the object.
She had to sprint to catch the escaping balloon.
Pro Tip 1/2Physical Movement
Used when talking about physically stopping an object moving through the air.
Can you catch this frisbee?
Pro Tip 2/2Requires Quick Action
Implies the need to react quickly to stop the object.
She had to sprint to catch the escaping balloon.
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Filming The World's...
bright colors stand out so you you don't see them at all and then suddenly you'll get this flash of red and blue and they catch that tiny bit of light and they look absolutely stunning and then they just melt away and they're phantoms they just become invisible they're the deep calls that they make it's so perfectly adapted to that forest
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How do you know you...
Same as you, right? You know you're watching this video with your eyes, hearing it with your ears. Your senses show you the world as it is. They aren't deceiving you, but sometimes they do. You might mistake a person far away for someone else, or you're sure you're about to catch a flyball,
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How do animals...
but stay if it's a good shell. And octopi that may originally curl up an injured arm to protect it will risk using it to catch prey. That suggests that these animals make value judgements around sensory input instead of just reacting reflexively to harm.
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Jeffrey Brown: How we...
And I took that as a sign. When they caught some of the youth that had done this deed, to my surprise, they were around my age, but the gulf that was between us was vast. It was like we were in two completely different worlds.
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Getting started as a DJ:...
Now, what I'm going to do after this drops is change it into another song. One of the most important things about dance music is really the drop, so I'm going to change it into another song and really catch you by surprise.
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Surf Sisters - Ep. 2 PIPE...
no matter who it was, she just like brought out their light. And her lifelong goal was to be a healer. And she got her dream job as a transplant nurse, caught, she got sick, right around January.
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ONE HOUR of Amazing...
have been waiting for when frigates join the hunt the flying fish are literally caught between the devil and the deep blue sea
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Flying Fish Picked Off...
When frigates join the hunt, the flying fish are literally caught between the devil and the deep blue sea.
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BBC Earth 50 Top Natural...
catching but it seems he needs to do more generously she drops him a hint
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Poetry for the Red White...
carmine world caught and a limbo a
Video examples
Filming The World's...
bright colors stand out so you you don't see them at all and then suddenly you'll get this flash of red and blue and they catch that tiny bit of light and they look absolutely stunning and then they just melt away and they're phantoms they just become invisible they're the deep calls that they make it's so perfectly adapted to that forest
Video examples
How do you know you...
Same as you, right? You know you're watching this video with your eyes, hearing it with your ears. Your senses show you the world as it is. They aren't deceiving you, but sometimes they do. You might mistake a person far away for someone else, or you're sure you're about to catch a flyball,
Video examples
How do animals...
but stay if it's a good shell. And octopi that may originally curl up an injured arm to protect it will risk using it to catch prey. That suggests that these animals make value judgements around sensory input instead of just reacting reflexively to harm.
Video examples
Jeffrey Brown: How we...
And I took that as a sign. When they caught some of the youth that had done this deed, to my surprise, they were around my age, but the gulf that was between us was vast. It was like we were in two completely different worlds.
Video examples
Getting started as a DJ:...
Now, what I'm going to do after this drops is change it into another song. One of the most important things about dance music is really the drop, so I'm going to change it into another song and really catch you by surprise.
Video examples
Surf Sisters - Ep. 2 PIPE...
no matter who it was, she just like brought out their light. And her lifelong goal was to be a healer. And she got her dream job as a transplant nurse, caught, she got sick, right around January.
Video examples
ONE HOUR of Amazing...
have been waiting for when frigates join the hunt the flying fish are literally caught between the devil and the deep blue sea
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Flying Fish Picked Off...
When frigates join the hunt, the flying fish are literally caught between the devil and the deep blue sea.
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BBC Earth 50 Top Natural...
catching but it seems he needs to do more generously she drops him a hint
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Poetry for the Red White...
carmine world caught and a limbo a
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Quote examples
Frank Gore
American Athlete
When it's time to play, I'm going to come play. I'm going to play the right way. I'm going to try to help my team in all directions, blocking and catching. If I don't have the ball in my hand, I'm going to protect, block down the field. I'm going to do whatever it takes to win.
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Gabriella Wilde
English Actress
When you play a lead role, you're in pretty much every scene. It's incredibly tiring. You really have to disappear into the film because you have no time to do anything else. You are either awake and playing the character, or you are trying to catch up on sleep.
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Rihanna
American Musician
When you realize who you live for, and who's important to please, a lot of people will actually start living. I am never going to get caught up in that. I'm gonna look back on my life and say that I enjoyed it - and I lived it for me.
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Fantasia Barrino
American Musician
My main thing is family first. This industry can get you so caught up that you're so busy chasing, wanting to be number one and wanting to be the richest that you lose sight of what life really is about.
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Ira Sachs
American Director
I like a film that makes the audience feel like they are in the middle of life as it is moving, and in a way, they are catching up. They are thrown into things.
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Gotthold Ephraim Lessing
German Critic
Let the devil catch you but by a single hair, and you are his forever.
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Joe Garagiola
American Athlete
As a catcher, you can't be afraid. You gotta make fast decisions.
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Samira Wiley
American Actress
I'm definitely caught up in the Kool-Aid of true-crime stories.
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Garrett McNamara
You won't catch me riding a horse, because I'm afraid of them.
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Tommy Morrison
American Athlete
My life out of the ring caught up with me.
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Frank Gore
American Athlete
When it's time to play, I'm going to come play. I'm going to play the right way. I'm going to try to help my team in all directions, blocking and catching. If I don't have the ball in my hand, I'm going to protect, block down the field. I'm going to do whatever it takes to win.
Quote examples
Gabriella Wilde
English Actress
When you play a lead role, you're in pretty much every scene. It's incredibly tiring. You really have to disappear into the film because you have no time to do anything else. You are either awake and playing the character, or you are trying to catch up on sleep.
Quote examples
Rihanna
American Musician
When you realize who you live for, and who's important to please, a lot of people will actually start living. I am never going to get caught up in that. I'm gonna look back on my life and say that I enjoyed it - and I lived it for me.
Quote examples
Fantasia Barrino
American Musician
My main thing is family first. This industry can get you so caught up that you're so busy chasing, wanting to be number one and wanting to be the richest that you lose sight of what life really is about.
Quote examples
Ira Sachs
American Director
I like a film that makes the audience feel like they are in the middle of life as it is moving, and in a way, they are catching up. They are thrown into things.
Quote examples
Gotthold Ephraim Lessing
German Critic
Let the devil catch you but by a single hair, and you are his forever.
Quote examples
Joe Garagiola
American Athlete
As a catcher, you can't be afraid. You gotta make fast decisions.
Quote examples
Samira Wiley
American Actress
I'm definitely caught up in the Kool-Aid of true-crime stories.
Quote examples
Garrett McNamara
You won't catch me riding a horse, because I'm afraid of them.
Quote examples
Tommy Morrison
American Athlete
My life out of the ring caught up with me.
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