adverb
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ VERB
catch
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Perhaps Chapel had proven harder to catch unawares .
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Because of my inability to see clearly, I was caught unawares by the hug and the kiss he planted on me.
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However, everyone comes unstuck once in a while, especially when caught unawares .
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And when it does, as it always does, we are caught unawares and unprepared.
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But the team had been caught unawares , their information unreliable.
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Everyone, even newspaper editors, were caught unawares by the Princess Diana phenomenon.
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Perhaps he had been caught unawares by a flashgun?
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Understandable, maybe, if she had been caught unawares at a private dinner with friends or family.
take
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Chap might have just set the bomb and been taken unawares when it went off a bit early.
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He clenched himself against them, tightening himself, determined not to be taken unawares .
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
catch sb by surprise, catch sb off guard, catch sb napping/unawares
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My pregnancy caught us by surprise, but we're happy about it.
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The public's reaction obviously caught the governor off guard.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Tommy and Don stood in the corner, chatting unawares .
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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And when it does, as it always does, we are caught unawares and unprepared.
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But this morning she caught me unawares before I'd had a single cup of coffee.
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Perhaps Chapel had proven harder to catch unawares .
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The thought caught him unawares , and despair filled him.
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This lad behaved every way as a man would who had happened unawares on murder.