catch out
Verb
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Verb
catch out
- (transitive) To discover or expose as fake, insincere, or inaccurate.
- 1939 October 23, "[http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,772262,00.html Religion: Discordant Concordat]," Time:
- Bishop Manning has his enemies, but those enemies have hardly ever caught him out on a point of theology or canon law.
- 1939 October 23, "[http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,772262,00.html Religion: Discordant Concordat]," Time:
- (transitive, cricket) To put a batsman out by catching the batted ball before it touches the ground.
- French: piéger
- Italian: cogliere sul fatto, sorprendere, prendere sul fatto
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