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A quantity that is caught: The catch amounted to 50 fish.
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A snatch; a fragment.
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A stop or break in the operation of a mechanism.
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A tricky or previously unsuspected condition or drawback: It sounds like a good offer, but there may be a catch.
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verb-intransitive
Baseball To act as catcher.
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To act or move so as to hold or grab someone or something: tried to catch at the life preserver.
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To be communicable or infectious; spread.
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To become held, entangled, or fastened: My coat caught in the car door.
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To ignite: The fire caught.
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idiom
Catch fire To become the subject of great interest and widespread enthusiasm: an idea that caught fire all over the country.
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Catch fire To become very enthusiastic.
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Catch fire To ignite.
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Catch it Informal To receive a punishment or scolding.
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Catch up with To find or arrest after a period of pursuit: The police finally caught up with him in Omaha.
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phrasal-verb
Catch on To become popular: Skateboarding caught on quickly.
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Catch on To understand; perceive.
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Catch out To detect (another) in wrongdoing or error.
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Catch up To become equal or on a par with another: finally caught up with his brother in height.
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Catch up To bring (another) up to date; brief: Let me catch you up on all the gossip.
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verb-transitive
Informal To go to see (a performance, for example): caught the midnight show.
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To apprehend and reproduce accurately by or as if by artistic means: an impressionist who caught the effects of wind and water in his paintings.
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To become affected by or infused with: caught the joyous mood of the festival.
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To become cognizant or aware of suddenly: caught her gazing out the window.
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To become subject to or to contract, as by exposure to a pathogen: catch a cold.
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