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catch

Definition 1 (verb)

succeed in catching or seizing, especially after a chase

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You'll never catch him! You'll never catch him!
The Strange Love of Martha Ivers
Lesson 1
I'd like to see any cop trying to catch me.
Scarlet Street
Lesson 9
They gotta catch me first.
The Strange Love of Martha Ivers
Lesson 1
And if we get caught, don't go making up any stories that I did.
The Strange Love of Martha Ivers
Lesson 1
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Definition 2 (verb)

discover or come upon accidentally, suddenly, or unexpectedly; catch somebody doing something or in a certain state

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Even when Clay was alive he couldn't run fast enough to catch me.
Plan 9 from Outer Space
Lesson 8
It's only blackmail, Baby... when you're dumb enough to get caught.
Scarlet Street
Lesson 5
Hurry, Sam, or that old witch will catch us.
The Strange Love of Martha Ivers
Lesson 1
See, Walter, I told you they'd never catch him. Sam, button me up.
The Strange Love of Martha Ivers
Lesson 1
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Definition 3 (verb)

reach in time

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And I've got an 1130 bus to catch.
The Strange Love of Martha Ivers
Lesson 2
Bus terminal, please hurry. I've got an 1130 bus to catch.
The Strange Love of Martha Ivers
Lesson 2
I can guess why you didn't break your neck to catch that bus back to Ridgeville tonight.
The Strange Love of Martha Ivers
Lesson 2
Go ahead, bud. She'll catch the next one.
The Strange Love of Martha Ivers
Lesson 7
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Definition 4 (verb)

take hold of so as to seize or restrain or stop the motion of

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If I could catch one.
Angel and the Badman
Lesson 2
Catch it!
The Last Time I Saw Paris
Lesson 6
She might have killed herself if Alexis hadn't caught her.
The Amazing Mr. X
Lesson 8
Have they caught that woman, that thing yet?
Plan 9 from Outer Space
Lesson 8
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Definition 5 (verb)

be struck or affected by

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I would have caught this, anyway.
The Last Time I Saw Paris
Lesson 3
I catch cold even from weather forecasts.
The Last Time I Saw Paris
Lesson 3

Definition 6 (verb)

grasp with the mind or develop an understanding of

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It catches it, doesn't it? The feeling of a factory?
The Strange Love of Martha Ivers
Lesson 8