caught
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
Words Nearby caught
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How to use caught in a sentence
Our work is a collaboration between more than 100 scientists with up to 60 years of data on animals that were caught, marked, released, and re-caught.
Scientists Tracked 77 Species for Decades to Reveal Secrets of Long Life | Mike Gardner | July 6, 2022 | Singularity HubA street sweeper was caught in the crossfire as a gunman fired at the officer, fatally wounding her in the back.
Detectives with a fugitive task force caught up with Polanco and a friend on a Bronx street in the early afternoon.
If she got caught with a shank, they would up her custody level.
How a ‘Real Housewife’ Survives Prison: ‘I Don’t See [Teresa Giudice] Having a Cakewalk Here’ | Michael Howard | January 6, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTFrom there we took the train to Nice, France, but the French border control caught us and sent us back to Italy.
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. BallantyneEven 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. BallantyneBut 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 BlatchfordWhen we'd finished, one of the hunters rounded up the horses and we caught our nags and saddled them.
Raw Gold | Bertrand W. SinclairHe 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
/ (kɔːt) /
the past tense and past participle of catch
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Other Idioms and Phrases with 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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