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11catch — 1 verb past tense and past participle caught 1 STOP/TRAP SB (T) a) to stop someone after you have been chasing them and prevent them from escaping: You can t catch me! she yelled, running away across the field. | If the guerrillas catch you, they …
12Catch-up effect — The catch up effect, also called the theory of convergence, states that poorer economies tend to grow at faster rates than richer economies. Therefore, all economies should in the long run converge in terms of per capita income and productivity.… …
13catch — catch1 [ kætʃ ] (past tense and past participle caught [ kɔt ] ) verb *** ▸ 1 stop and hold something/someone ▸ 2 stop someone escaping ▸ 3 find and arrest ▸ 4 (hunt and) stop animal ▸ 5 get on public vehicle ▸ 6 discover someone doing something… …
14catch — [[t]kæ̱tʃ[/t]] ♦♦ catches, catching, caught 1) VERB If you catch a person or animal, you capture them after chasing them, or by using a trap, net, or other device. [V n] Police say they are confident of catching the gunman... [V n] Where did you… …
15catch — I UK [kætʃ] / US verb Word forms catch : present tense I/you/we/they catch he/she/it catches present participle catching past tense caught UK [kɔːt] / US [kɔt] past participle caught *** 1) [intransitive/transitive] to stop and hold something… …
16catch-22 — n. (often attrib.) colloq. a dilemma or circumstance from which there is no escape because of mutually conflicting or dependent conditions. Etymology: title of a novel by J. Heller (1961) featuring a dilemma of this kind * * * ¦ ̷ ̷ ¦ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷… …
17catch up — phrasal verb Word forms catch up : present tense I/you/we/they catch up he/she/it catches up present participle catching up past tense caught up past participle caught up 1) catch someone/something up [intransitive/transitive] to go faster so… …
18Catch Phrase (US game show) — Infobox Television show name = Catch Phrase genre = Game show director = Marty Pasetta starring = Art James narrated = John Harlan theme music composer = Marc and Ray Ellis country = USA language = English runtime = 30 min. channel = Syndication… …
19catch-as-catch-can — I. ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ˈ ̷ ̷ noun ( s) : a style of wrestling in which all holds are permitted except those that may be barred by mutual consent and in which a fall is gained by the contestant who pins his opponent s shoulders to the ground II.… …
20Catch Without Arms — Infobox Album | Name = Catch Without Arms Type = Album Artist = Dredg Released = June 21, 2005 Recorded = Genre = Art rock Length = 51:43 Label = Interscope Producer = Dredg, Terry Date Reviews = *Allmusic Rating|3.5|5… …
