CATCH (SOMEONE) DEAD

Meaning of CATCH (SOMEONE) DEAD in English

v. phr. , informal To see or hear (someone) in an embarrassing act or place at any time. Used in the negative usually in the passive. You won't catch Bill dead taking his sister to the movies. John wouldn't be caught dead in the necktie he got for Christmas.

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CATCH (SOMEONE) DEAD — {v. phr.}, {informal} To see or hear (someone) in an embarrassing act or place at any time. Used in the …
Slang English vocab
CATCH (SOMEONE) DEAD — {v. phr.}, {informal} To see or hear (someone) in an embarrassing act or place at any time. Used in the …
Словарь английских идиом
SOMEONE — alcun, alquí
English interlingue dictionary
SOMEONE — pronoun Date: 14th century some person ; somebody
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
DEAD — I. ˈded adjective ( sometimes -er/-est ) Etymology: Middle English deed, from Old English dēad; akin to Old High German …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
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Webster's New International English Dictionary
SOMEONE — ˈsəm(ˌ)wən pronoun Etymology: Middle English sum oon, from sum, som some + oon one : some person : somebody hoping …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SOMEONE — /sum"wun', -weuhn/ , pron. some person; somebody. [ 1275-1325; ME; see SOME, ONE ]
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
DEAD — — deadness , n. /ded/ , adj., deader, deadest , n. , adv. adj. 1. no longer living; deprived of …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
CATCH — — catchable , adj. /kach/ , v. , caught, catching , n. , adj. v.t. 1. to seize or capture, …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
SOMEONE — pron. some person, somebody
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
SOMEONE — n. person, human, human being
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
DEAD — I. ˈded adjective Etymology: Middle English deed, from Old English dēad; akin to Old Norse dauthr dead, deyja to die, …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SOMEONE — pronoun Date: 14th century : some person : somebody
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
DEAD — adj bringing death; deadly. 2. dead ·adj destitute of life; inanimate; as, dead matter. 3. dead ·noun one who is …
Webster English vocab
CATCH — vi to attain possession. 2. catch ·noun act of seizing; a grasp. 3. catch ·noun a slight remembrance; a trace. …
Webster English vocab
SOMEONE — ■ pronoun 1》 an unknown or unspecified person. 2》 a person of importance or authority.
Concise Oxford English vocab
SOMEONE — [some.one] pron (14c): some person: somebody
Merriam-Webster English vocab
DEAD — [dead] adj [ME deed, fr. OE dead; akin to ON dauthr dead, deyja to die, OHG tot dead--more at die] …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
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Merriam-Webster English vocab
SOMEONE — someone BrE AmE ˈsʌm wʌn § \ -wɒn ▶ ˌ someone ˈ clever BrE AmE ▶ ˌ someone ˈ else …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
DEAD — dead BrE AmE ded ▷ deader ˈded ə AmE \ - ə r ▷ deadest ˈded ɪst -əst ▶ ˌ …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
SOMEONE — / ˈsʌmwʌn; NAmE / (also some·body ) pronoun 1. a person who is not known or mentioned by name : …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
DEAD — / ded; NAmE / adjective , noun , adverb ■ adjective NOT ALIVE 1. no longer alive : My mother's …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
CATCH — / kætʃ; NAmE / verb , noun ■ verb ( caught , caught / kɔːt; NAmE /) HOLD 1. [ …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SOMEONE — I. some ‧ one 1 S1 W1 /ˈsʌmwʌn/ BrE AmE pronoun used to mean a person, when you do not …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
DEAD — I. dead 1 S1 W1 /ded/ BrE AmE adjective [no comparative] [ Word Family: noun : ↑ dead , ↑ …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
CATCH — I. catch 1 S1 W1 /kætʃ/ BrE AmE verb ( past tense and past participle caught /kɔːt $ kɒːt/) [ …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
SOMEONE — n. & pron. = SOMEBODY.
Английский основной разговорный словарь
DEAD — adj., adv., & n. --adj. 1 no longer alive. 2 colloq. extremely tired or unwell. 3 benumbed; affected by loss …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
CATCH — v. & n. --v. (past and past part. caught) 1 tr. a lay hold of so as to restrain or …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
SOMEONE — n. & pron. = SOMEBODY.
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
DEAD — adj., adv., & n. adj. 1 no longer alive. 2 colloq. extremely tired or unwell. 3 benumbed; affected by loss …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
CATCH — v. & n. v. (past and past part. caught) 1 tr. a lay hold of so as to restrain or …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
SOMEONE — n. & pron. SOMEBODY.
Oxford English vocab
DEAD — adj., adv., & n. --adj. 1. no longer alive. 2 colloq. extremely tired or unwell. 3 benumbed; affected by loss …
Oxford English vocab
CATCH — v. & n. --v. (past and past part. caught) 1. tr. a lay hold of so as to restrain or …
Oxford English vocab
SOMEONE — or somebody Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. You use someone or …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
DEAD — Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. A person, animal, or plant that …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
CATCH — ( catches, catching, caught) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. If you …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SOMEONE — or somebody Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. You use ~ or …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
SOMEONE — pronoun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES take someone on an expedition ▪ He’s taking the boys on a camping expedition next …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
SOMEONE — somebody [pronoun] - a single personThere's someone outside the house.Someone must have seen what happened.Surely someone knows where the documents …
Cambridge English vocab
DEAD — (COMPLETE) [adjective] [before noun], [adverb] [not gradable] - complete(ly)The braking system enables the car to come from 100 km an …
Cambridge English vocab
SOMEONE — Synonyms and related words : Adamite, being, body, cat, chap, character, creature, customer, duck, earthling, fellow, groundling, guy, hand, head, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
CATCH — Synonyms and related words : OD, abash, abduction, absorb, absorb the attention, accept, acquire, acquisition, allure, ambition, anchor, appreciate, apprehend, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
SOMEONE — pron. Function: pronoun Synonyms: SOMEBODY
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
SOMEONE — pronoun Synonyms: somebody
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocabulary
DEAD — INDEX: 1. no longer alive RELATED WORDS opposite ↑ ALIVE body of a dead person : ↑ BODY see also …
Longman Activator English vocab
CATCH — INDEX: 1. to catch a ball or other moving object 2. when the police catch a criminal 3. to catch …
Longman Activator English vocab
DEAD — n. 25B6; adjective my parents are dead : PASSED ON/AWAY, expired, departed, gone, no more; late, lost, lamented; perished, fallen, …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
CATCH — n. 25B6; verb he caught the ball : SEIZE, grab, snatch, seize/grab/take hold of, grasp, grip, clutch, clench; receive, get, …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
DEAD — adj. 1 deceased, defunct, extinct, gone, departed, late, lifeless, no more, Colloq done for, Slang Brit gone for a burton …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
CATCH — v. 1 capture, seize, apprehend, take or get (hold of), grab, grip, grasp, take captive, hold, arrest, take prisoner, Colloq …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
SOMEONE — мест.; неопред. кто-нибудь, кто-то Syn : somebody, anybody кто-то, кто-нибудь, кто-либо - * else кто-то другой - * else's чужой, …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
DEAD — 1. прил. 1) а) мертвый, бездыханный; умерший, скончавшийся to drop dead ≈ неожиданно умереть (от сердечного приступа) The doctor pronounced …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
CATCH — 1. сущ. 1) поимка; захват 2) а) улов; добыча б) амер.; разг. урожай, жатва (особ. в количестве, которое делает дальнейшее …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
SOMEONE — someone.ogg ʹsʌm|wʌn,-ʹsʌmwən indef pron кто-то, кто-нибудь, кто-либо someone else - кто-то другой someone else's - чужой, не свой someone or …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
DEAD — dead.ogg 1. ded n 1. (the dead) собир. мёртвые, умершие, покойники the dead and the living - мёртвые и живые …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
CATCH — catch.ogg 1. kætʃ n 1. поимка; захват her catch was quick enough to keep the plate from hitting the floor …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
CATCH — 1) захват, захватывающее приспособление || захватывать; зацеплять 2) задвижка; засов; шпингалет; защёлка 3) фиксатор, собачка 4) арретир || арретировать 5) …
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