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catchnoun a danger or difficulty that is hidden or not easily recognizedthe catch is that you have to come up with the money by tomorrow booby trap, catch-22, gimmick, gotcha, hitch, joker, land mine, pitfall, snag snare, trap, trip wire, webhazard, peril, riskbomb, bombshell, kicker, surprise(also surprize)bait, decoy, lure someone or something unusually desirableeveryone thought the captain of the football team was a real catch gem, jewel, pearl, plum, prize, treasure blessing, find, godsend, goody(or goodie), valuable, windfallbooty, loot, plunder, spoil, swagbrass ringglory, pridegold, jackpot, prize money, treasure trove lemon, loser the total amount collected or obtained especially at one timethe total catch for our day at the creek was six fish and a crab bounty, haul, take, yield bagearnings, gain, gross, income, net, payoff, proceeds, profit, receipts, return, revenue, winningsbooty, loot, plunder, spoils, swagappropriation, collection deduction, loss, subtraction catchverbto take physical control or possession of (something) suddenly or forciblywe tried to catch the kitten before she could sneak out the door bag, capture, collar, cop(slang), corral, get, glom, grab, grapple, hook, land, nab, nail, net, nobble(British slang), rap, seize, snag, snap (up), snare, snatch, trap glove, halter, lasso, ropeapprehend, arrest, detainbay, cornerclasp, clutch, fasten (on), fist, grasp, grip, hold, latch (on or onto), securerend, wrestenmesh(also immesh), ensnare, entangle, entrap, meshabduct, kidnap, spirit (away or off) take hold (of) miss discharge, free, liberate, releasedrop, loosen, unhand to become affected with (a disease or disorder)you'll catch the flu for sure if you don't get a shot come down (with), contract, get, go down (with)(chiefly British), sicken (with), take break out (with)die (from), succumb (to)fail, languish, sink, waste (away), weaken, wilt, wither, worsen come back, gain, heal, mend, recoup, recover, recuperate, snap backrally, rebound, recover (from), shake (off) to bring (something) to a standstillI caught myself just as I was about to step into the freshly poured concrete arrest, bring up, check, draw up, fetch up, halt, hold up, pull up, stall, stay, still, stop baffle, balk, block, blockade, bottleneck, clog, dam, detain, hinder, hold, hold back, impede, obstruct, snag, stemconclude, cut off, end, terminatecall, discontinue, suspendchoke off, rein (in), repress, squash, squelch, stanch(or staunch), stunt, suppress, turn back carry on, continue, follow through (with), keep (on), keep up, persist, run onadvance, fare, go along, march, move, proceed, progress, wendactuate, budge, drive, goad, impel, propel, push, spur, stir to put securely in place or in a desired positioncaught back her hair with a barrette anchor, clamp, fasten, fix, hitch, moor, secure, set embed(also imbed), entrench(also intrench), implant, ingrain(also engrain), lodge, stuff, wedge loose, loosen, unfasten, unfix, unloose, unloosen extract, prize, pry, pull, root (out), tear (out), uproot, wrest, yank to have a clear idea ofI didn't catch the point you were making about our nation's foreign policy appreciate, apprehend, assimilate, behold, catch on (to), cognize, compass, comprehend, conceive, cotton (to or on to), decipher, decode, dig, discern, get, grasp, grok, intuit, know, make, make out, perceive, recognize, register, savvy, see, seize, sense, tumble (to), twig, understand absorb, digest, take inrealizefathom, penetrate, pierce pick up on miss misapprehend, misconceive, misconstrue, misinterpret, misperceive, misread, mistake, misunderstand to cause to believe what is untruea number of media outlets were caught by the woman's hard-luck story bamboozle, beguile, bluff, buffalo, burn, con, cozen, deceive, delude, dupe, fake out, fool, gaff, gammon, gull, have, have on(chiefly British), hoax, hoodwink, hornswoggle, humbug, juggle, misguide, misinform, mislead, snooker, snow, spoof, string along, suck in, sucker, take in, trick kid, put on, teasebleed, cheat, chisel, defraud, diddle, euchre, fleece, flimflam, gyp, hustle, mulct, rook, shortchange, skin, squeeze, stick, sting, swindle do a number on, lead one down the garden path(also lead one up the garden path), pull one's leg, pull the wool over one's eyes undeceive debunk, expose, reveal, show up, uncloak, uncover, unmaskdisclose, divulge, tell, unveildisabuse, disenchant, disillusion to come upon face-to-face or as if face-to-faceI'll catch you at the library tomorrow chance (upon), encounter, happen (upon), meet, stumble (upon) accost, confrontface, greet, salutecollide (with), crash (into)crisscross, cross, passhit (upon), light (upon), tumble (to)reencounter, remeet bump into, cross paths (with), run across, run into, run upon avoid, dodge, duck, elude, escape, evade, shake, shun to make note of (something) through the use of one's eyesI looked out the window just in time to catch the neighbor's dog digging up my flower bed behold, descry, discern, distinguish, espy, eye, look (at), note, notice, observe, perceive, regard, remark, see, sight, spot, spy, view, witness identify, make out, pick out, pick upattend (to), consider, heed, mark, mindstudy, watchexamine, inspect, scan, scrutinize, surveyglance (at), glimpse, peer (at) get a load of(slang), lay eyes on, set eyes on disregard, ignore, neglect, overpass, pass overmiss, overlook to move fast enough to get even withdespite the suspect's considerable lead, the fleet-footed police officer was able to catch him and make an arrest catch up (with), overhaul, overtake chase, pursuegain, reachpass, surpass fall short v.catch, capture, trap, snare, entrap, ensnare, bag mean to come to possess or control by or as if by seizing.catch implies the seizing of something in motion or in flight or in hiding.caught the dog as it ran by capture suggests taking by overcoming resistance or difficulty.capture an enemy stronghold trap, snare, entrap, ensnare imply seizing by some device that holds the one caught at the mercy of the captor.trap and snare apply more commonly to physical seizing.trap animals snared butterflies with a net entrap and ensnare more often are figurative.entrapped the witness with a trick question a sting operation that ensnared burglars bag implies shooting down a fleeing or distant prey.bagged a brace of pheasants in the 13th century |