CAUGHT | Meaning, Definition In Cambridge English Dictionary

Meaning of caught in English caughtverb uk /kɔːt/ us /kɑːt/ Add to word list Add to word list past simple and past participle of catch Capturing or taking possession of things

• -grabbing
• apprehend
• apprehension
• arrogate
• at bay idiom
• cage
• capture
• clutch
• collar
• get/lay/put your hands on someone idiom
• grab
• grabber
• grasp at something phrasal verb
• recover
• repossess
• seize
• sequester
• sequestration
• snag
• snatch

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Using the eyes Attracting and tempting Travelling Passing on illness & causing disease Succeeding, achieving and fulfilling Using the ears Hitting against objects accidentally and colliding Burning, burnt & on fire (Definition of caught from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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caughtus /kɔt/ Add to word list Add to word list past simple and past participle of catch (Definition of caught from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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caughtverb uk /kɔːt/ us Add to word list Add to word list the past tense and past participle of catch verb (Definition of caught from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) What is the pronunciation of caught?

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in Chinese (Traditional) （catch 的過去式及過去分詞）… See more in Chinese (Simplified) （catch 的过去式及过去分词）… See more in Spanish pasado simple y participio pasado de “catch”… See more in Portuguese passado e particípio passado de "catch"… See more in Japanese in Turkish in Polish in Catalan in Korean in Italian “catch” の過去形、過去分詞形… See more yaklamak' fiilinin geçmiş zaman hali… See more -… See more passat i participi passat de “catch”… See more “catch”의 과거, 과거 분사형… See more passato semplice e participio passato di “catch”… See more Need a translator?

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More meanings of caught

• catch
• catch a cold
• catch the post
• caught in crossfire
• catch on phrasal verb
• catch up on something phrasal verb
• catch up phrasal verb

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• catch on phrasal verb
• catch up on something phrasal verb
• catch up phrasal verb
• catch sb out phrasal verb
• catch someone out phrasal verb
• catch (someone) up phrasal verb
• catch up with someone phrasal verb

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• be caught/taken short idiom
• be caught without something phrase
• caught up in something idiom
• get caught up in something phrase
• caught in the crossfire idiom
• someone wouldn’t be caught dead idiom
• caught in crossfire, at caught in the crossfire idiom

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