caught

[ kawt ]
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verb
  1. simple past tense and past participle of catch.

Other words from caught

  • un·caught, adjective
  • well-caught, adjective

Words that may be confused with caught

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How to use caught in a sentence

  • Remember the Christian congressman caught snogging a staffer?

  • Most of the men leaped up, caught hold of spears or knives, and rushed out.

    The Giant of the North | R.M. Ballantyne
  • Even as they gazed they saw its roof caught up, and whirled off as if it had been a scroll of paper.

    The Giant of the North | R.M. Ballantyne
  • But at the instant I caught a sight of my counterfeit presentment in a shop window, and veiled my haughty crest.

    God and my Neighbour | Robert Blatchford
  • When we'd finished, one of the hunters rounded up the horses and we caught our nags and saddled them.

    Raw Gold | Bertrand W. Sinclair
  • He caught himself in the act of listening to you too credulously—and that seemed to him unmanly and dishonorable.

    Confidence | Henry James

British Dictionary definitions for caught

caught

/ (kɔːt) /


verb
  1. the past tense and past participle of catch

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Other Idioms and Phrases with caught

caught

In addition to the idioms beginning with caught

  • caught dead, wouldn't be
  • caught flat-footed
  • caught in the middle
  • caught short
  • caught with one's pants down, be

, also see under

  • catch

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