to take a catch
51catch someone's fancy — take/catch/someone’s fancy informal phrase if something takes or catches your fancy, you like it, or you want to have or do it I looked at quite a few dresses, but nothing really took my fancy. Thesaurus: to be or look attractivesynonym …
52catch somebody's fancy — catch/take sb s ˈfancy idiom to attract or please sb • She looked through the hotel advertisements until one of them caught her fancy. Main entry: ↑fancyidiom …
53take someone off guard — catch/take (someone) off guard to surprise someone by doing or saying something they were not expecting. One of the larger airlines caught its rivals off guard yesterday by suddenly announcing a cut in fares. When they asked me to babysit, I was… …
54take off guard — catch/take (someone) off guard to surprise someone by doing or saying something they were not expecting. One of the larger airlines caught its rivals off guard yesterday by suddenly announcing a cut in fares. When they asked me to babysit, I was… …
55take someone unawares — catch/take/someone unawares phrase to surprise someone, often making them feel confused or embarrassed Burchill’s shot caught the goalkeeper completely unawares. Thesaurus: to make someone feel shocked or surprisedsynonym Main entry: unawares …
56take somebody's fancy — catch/take sb s ˈfancy idiom to attract or please sb • She looked through the hotel advertisements until one of them caught her fancy. Main entry: ↑fancyidiom …
57catch a bus — take a bus, travel by autobus, go on a bus …
58catch a train — take a train, get to the locomotive on time …
59catch fire — take fire, blaze, go up in flames …
60catch — catch1 W1S1 [kætʃ] v past tense and past participle caught [ko:t US ko:t] ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(take and hold)¦ 2¦(find/stop somebody)¦ 3¦(see somebody doing something)¦ 4¦(illness)¦ 5 catch somebody by surprise/catch somebody off guard 6 catch somebody… …
