to take a catch

  • 111catch — 1. verb 1) he caught the ball Syn: seize, grab, snatch, grasp, grip, clutch, intercept, trap, receive, get 2) we ve caught the thief Syn: capture …

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  • 112catch — 1. n. a drawback. □ Okay, that sounds good, but what’s the catch? □ There’s no catch. It’s all on the up and up. 2. tv. to view something; to attend something; to hear something. □ We’ll take the chicks to catch a film after we eat …

    Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions

  • 113take — verb 1) she took his hand Syn: grasp, get hold of, grip, clasp, clutch, grab 2) he took an envelope from his pocket Syn: remove, pull, draw, withdraw, extract …

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  • 114take up — Synonyms and related words: absorb, absorb the attention, accept, accumulate, admit, adopt, adsorb, affiliate, agglomerate, aggregate, aggroup, air, amass, amortize, analyze, annex, appropriate, approve, arrest, arrogate, assemble, assimilate,… …

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  • 115Catch 'Em If You Can — Infobox Simpsons episode episode name = Catch em if You Can episode no = 331 prod code = FABF14 airdate = April 25, 2004 writer = Ian Maxtone Graham director = Matthew Nastuk couch gag = The couch is a white cake. The Simpsons are squeezed out… …

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  • 116catch — [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… …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 117catch\ one's\ breath — v. phr. 1. To breathe in suddenly with fear or surprise. The beauty of the scene made him catch his breath. Compare: take one s breath away 2a. To rest and get back your normal breathing, as after running. After running to the bus stop, we sat… …

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  • 118catch — [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… …

    Word origins

  • 119catch cold — verb come down with a cold • Hypernyms: ↑catch • Verb Frames: Somebody s * * * catch cold 1. To contract a cold 2. To make an unexpected loss • • • Main Entry: ↑ …

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  • 120catch-breath — noun A pause to take a breath. […] it is possible to obtain the desired effect by allowing sections or individuals within a section to take an unobtrusive catch breath at different times …

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