CATCH
- typically refers to a difficult situation for which there is no easy or possible solution.
- snag
- to understand
- to capture
- to trap
- to surprise
- to seize and hold
- to be in time for
- to get or contract, as an illness
- to become entangled
- the act of catching
- anything that catches
- to capture after pursuit [v CATCHES, CATCHING, CAUGHT]
- something caught
- (in rowing) to bungle a stroke by failing to get the oar into the water at the beginning or by failing to withdraw it properly at the end
- to grasp at eagerly; accept readily
- to wind a rope around a bitt, capstan, etc., for one full turn
- to receive a reprimand or punishment
- to become popular
- to catch or discover (a person) in deceit or an error
- to overtake something moving
- to do extra work so one is no longer behind