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71catch — 1. verb 1) he caught the ball Syn: seize, grab, snatch, take hold of, grasp, grip, trap, clutch, clench; receive, get, intercept Ant: drop 2) …
72catch up — v. 1) (D; intr.) to catch up on (to catch up on one s correspondence) 2) (D; intr.) to catch up to (AE), with (I ll catch up with you later; BE also has: I ll catch you up later) * * * [ kætʃ ʌp] with (I ll catch up with you later; BE also has: I …
73catch it — verb receive punishment; be scolded or reprimanded (Freq. 1) I really caught it the other day! • Verb Frames: Somebody s * * * (informal) BE REPRIMANDED, be scolded, be rebuked, be taken to task, be chastised, get into trouble, be hauled over the …
74Catch 22 — Cette page d’homonymie répertorie les différents sujets et articles partageant un même nom. Catch 22 est un roman de Joseph Heller. Catch 22 est un film de Mike Nichols tiré du roman du même nom. Catch 22 est un terme utilisé pour désigner une… …
75catch — {{11}}catch (n.) late 14c., device to hold a latch of a door, also a trap; also a fishing vessel, from CATCH (Cf. catch) (v.). Meaning that which is caught or worth catching (especially of spouses) is from 1590s. Sense of hidden cost,… …
76catch up — 1) PHRASAL VERB If you catch up with someone who is in front of you, you reach them by walking faster than they are walking. [V P] I stopped and waited for her to catch up... [V P with n] We caught up with the nuns. 2) PHRASAL VERB To catch up… …
77catch — see you cannot catch old birds with chaff it doesn’t matter if a cat is black or white, as long as it catches mice a cat in gloves catches no mice a drowning man will clutch at a straw eagles don’t catch flies …
78Catch Up — Seriendaten Originaltitel Catch Up Produktionsland Deutschland …
79catch-22 — noun (plural catch 22 s or catch 22s) Usage: often capitalized Etymology: from Catch 22, paradoxical rule in the novel Catch 22 (1961) by Joseph Heller Date: 1971 1. a problematic situation for which the only solution is denied by a circumstance …
80catch-up — /kach up /, n. 1. an effort to reach or pass a norm, esp. after a period of delay: After the slowdown there was a catch up in production. 2. an effort to catch up with or surpass a competitor, as in a sports contest. 3. an instance of catching up …
