catch+up+with
91catch someone on the hop — catch (someone) on the hop if you catch someone on the hop, you do something when they are not ready for it and may not be able to deal with it well. I m afraid you ve caught me on the hop I wasn t expecting your call until this afternoon. If we… …
92catch on the hop — catch (someone) on the hop if you catch someone on the hop, you do something when they are not ready for it and may not be able to deal with it well. I m afraid you ve caught me on the hop I wasn t expecting your call until this afternoon. If we… …
93catch hell — catch/get hell American & Australian, informal if you are going to catch hell, someone will be very angry with you. We re going to catch hell when she finds out we used her car …
94catch-up — catch′ up adj. cvb intended to keep up with or surpass a norm or competitor: catch up pay raises[/ex] • play catch up Etymology: 1835–45, amer …
95catch-up — [kach′up΄] adj. of or having to do with catching up ☆ play catch up ball or play catch up to try to equal or surpass one s opponent in competition, as a ballgame, in which one is behind …
96catch-up — catch ,up noun play catch up AMERICAN to try to make as much progress as someone or something that you are competing with …
97catch/capture lightning in a bottle — see ↑lightning, 1 • • • Main Entry: ↑bottle catch/capture lightning in a bottle chiefly US : to succeed in a way that is very lucky or unlikely He caught lightning in a bottle with the success of his very first book. • • • Main Entry: ↑lightning …
98catch/see someone dead — catch/see (someone) dead informal ◇ If you say that people wouldn t/won t catch/see you dead or that you wouldn t/won t be caught/seen dead doing something, you refuse to let others see you doing it because it would cause you to be embarrassed. I …
99catch/see dead — catch/see (someone) dead informal ◇ If you say that people wouldn t/won t catch/see you dead or that you wouldn t/won t be caught/seen dead doing something, you refuse to let others see you doing it because it would cause you to be embarrassed. I …
100catch a cold — (catch cold) be sick with a cold, come down with a cold I caught a cold while we were in Vancouver …
