n. Function: verb
1 to obtain physical mastery and possession of FF1C; the cat caught a mouse FF1E;
Synonyms: bag, capture, collar, ||cotch, get, nail, prehend, secure, take; compare ARREST 2 , SEIZE 2
Related Words: clutch, grab, snatch; clasp, grasp, grip; ensnare, entangle, entrap, snare, tangle, trap
Contrasted Words: free, release
Antonyms: miss
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Synonyms: SEIZE 2, clutch, ||cotch, grab, grapple, nab, ||nail, snatch, take
3 to put at a disadvantage or bring under control by or as if by enmeshing in a net FF1C; caught in the fallacy of his own argument FF1E;
Synonyms: benet, catch up, ensnare, entangle, entrap, snare, tangle, trap; compare ENTANGLE 3
Related Words: baffle, confound, nonplus, perplex, stick, stump; abash, disturb, embarrass, put out; confuse, flurry, fluster, rattle
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Synonyms: DUPE , bamboozle, chicane, con, flimflam, fool, gull, hoax, hoodwink, trick
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Synonyms: FIND 1, descry, detect, encounter, espy, hit (on or upon), meet (with), spot, turn up
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Synonyms: MARRY 1, espouse, wed
7 to come up with often unexpectedly FF1C; the storm caught them unawares FF1E;
Synonyms: ||cotch, overhaul, overtake, take
Related Words: reach
Idioms: come upon
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Synonyms: SEIZE 3, strike, take
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Synonyms: INTERCEPT , block, cut off
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Synonyms: CONTRACT 1, come down (with), get, sicken (with or of), take
Idioms: fall ill (of or with), fall victim to
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Synonyms: FASTEN 2, anchor, fix, moor, secure
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Synonyms: STRIKE 2, ||biff, clout, ding, hit, ||nail, ||slosh, smite, sock, whack
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Synonyms: APPREHEND 1, accept, comprehend, ||dig, follow, grasp, see, take, take in, understand