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101catch — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. take, seize; overtake; land, net, hook; surprise, detect; snare, trap; capture, arrest, apprehend, nab (inf.); snatch. See restraint, deception, difficulty, hindrance. II (Roget s IV) n. 1.… …
102catch — [13] Originally catch meant ‘chase, hunt’ (and in fact it is etymologically related to the English word chase). However, it remarkably quickly moved on to be applied to the next logical step in the procedure, ‘capture’, and by the early 16th… …
103catch-22 — noun informal From Joseph Heller s novel Catch 22 , set in World War II. 1. A regulation or situation that is self contradictory or that conflicts with another regulation. In Heller s book it referred to the regulation that flight crews must… …
104catch — v 1. grasp, snatch, grab, claw, pluck; grip, clutch, clench, hold, Basketball. palm; receive, acquire, come into possession of. 2. seize, capture, take captive, apprehend, stop, arrest, take into custody, Inf. nab, Sl. cop; entrap, trap, ensnare …
105catch at — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms catch at : present tense I/you/we/they catch at he/she/it catches at present participle catching at past tense caught at past participle caught at British catch at something to reach out and try to get hold of …
106Catch-22 — [[t]ˈkætʃˌtwɛn tiˈtu[/t]] n. pl. Catch 22 s, Catch 22s 1) a frustrating situation in which one is trapped by contradictory regulations or conditions 2) any illogical or paradoxical problem or situation; dilemma 3) a condition, regulation, etc.,… …
107catch 22 — /ˌkætʃ twɛnti ˈtu/ (say .kach twentee tooh) noun 1. a rule or condition which prevents the completion of a sequence of operations and which may establish a futile self perpetuating cycle. –adjective 2. of or relating to that which involves such a …
108catch — [13] Originally catch meant ‘chase, hunt’ (and in fact it is etymologically related to the English word chase). However, it remarkably quickly moved on to be applied to the next logical step in the procedure, ‘capture’, and by the early 16th… …
109catch — See: EARLY BIRD CATCHES THE WORM, FAIR CATCH, SHOESTRING CATCH …
110catch — See: EARLY BIRD CATCHES THE WORM, FAIR CATCH, SHOESTRING CATCH …
