Catch Somebody Out - Longman Dictionary

English English English - Japanese English - Korean English - Spanish Japanese - English Spanish - English English English - Japanese English - Korean English - Spanish Japanese - English Spanish - English English 日本語 Español latino 한국어 catch somebody out From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishcatch somebody out phrasal verb1 MISTAKEto make someone make a mistake, especially deliberately and in order to prove that they are lying  The interviewer may try to catch you out.2 READYif something unexpected catches you out, it puts you in a difficult situation because you were not expecting it or not fully prepared for it  Even the best whitewater rafters get caught out by the fierce rapids here. → catch→ See Verb tableExamples from the Corpuscatch out• Anyone caught visiting the Bookman during these was automatically punished and he kept swapping them around to try and catch people out.• Porfiry uses them to try and catch Raskolnikov out.• Some of the old inspectors tried to catch you out.• The Corporal fired questions at me, all the time trying to catch me out.• But they are there, waiting to catch you out and to make you ill.• Once, when dusk caught us miles out in the country, an old couple took us in for the night.• A: You try and catch me out, Mr Vansitart.• Jody is following the ball, but she catches Red out of the corner of her eye. Exercises Exercises

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See all topics Word of the day stressed so worried and tired that you cannot relax Verb tablecatch

Simple Form
Present
I, you, we, they	catch
he, she, it	catches
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Past
I, you, he, she, it, we, they	caught
Present perfect
I, you, we, they	have caught
he, she, it	has caught
Past perfect
I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had caught
Future
I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will catch
Future perfect
I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have caught
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Continuous Form
Present
I	am catching
he, she, it	is catching
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you, we, they	are catching
Past
I, he, she, it	was catching
you, we, they	were catching
Present perfect
I, you, we, they	have been catching
he, she, it	has been catching
Past perfect
I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had been catching
Future
I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will be catching
Future perfect
I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have been catching
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