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catch someone in the act — catch (someone) in the act to discover someone doing something wrong. I was trying to clear up the mess on the carpet before anyone noticed it, but Isobel came in and caught me in the act … New idioms dictionary
catch someone in the act (of doing something) — phrase to find someone and interrupt them when they are doing something wrong He denies all guilt, even though he was caught in the act. Thesaurus: to notice or recognize something or someonesynonym Main entry: act … Useful english dictionary
catch someone in the act — catch a person in the process of doing something (usually something wrong) … English contemporary dictionary
catch in the act — catch (someone) in the act to discover someone doing something wrong. I was trying to clear up the mess on the carpet before anyone noticed it, but Isobel came in and caught me in the act … New idioms dictionary
catch — catch1 [ kætʃ ] (past tense and past participle caught [ kɔt ] ) verb *** ▸ 1 stop and hold something/someone ▸ 2 stop someone escaping ▸ 3 find and arrest ▸ 4 (hunt and) stop animal ▸ 5 get on public vehicle ▸ 6 discover someone doing something… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
catch — I UK [kætʃ] / US verb Word forms catch : present tense I/you/we/they catch he/she/it catches present participle catching past tense caught UK [kɔːt] / US [kɔt] past participle caught *** 1) [intransitive/transitive] to stop and hold something… … English dictionary
act — act1 [ ækt ] noun *** ▸ 1 single thing someone does ▸ 2 law ▸ 3 part of play, etc. ▸ 4 performance ▸ 5 behavior hiding truth ▸ + PHRASES 1. ) count a single thing that someone does: act of violence/vandalism/terrorism/kindness/bravery/desperation … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
act — [[t]æ̱kt[/t]] ♦ acts, acting, acted 1) VERB When you act, you do something for a particular purpose. The deaths occurred when police acted to stop widespread looting and vandalism... [V adv/prep] I have no reason to doubt that the bank acted… … English dictionary
act */*/*/ — I UK [ækt] / US noun Word forms act : singular act plural acts 1) [countable] a single thing that someone does act of violence/vandalism/terrorism/kindness/bravery/desperation etc: No act of kindness is ever wasted. We strongly condemn any act of … English dictionary
catch (someone) dead — {v. phr.}, {informal} To see or hear (someone) in an embarrassing act or place at any time. Used in the negative usually in the passive. * /You won t catch Bill dead taking his sister to the movies./ * /John wouldn t be caught dead in the necktie … Dictionary of American idioms
