phrasal verb

Catch out

Rank #296Letter CInseparable

2Sections

Trick

Meanings

  • Trick (separable [optional], International English)
  • Discover or prove that someone is lying (separable [obligatory], International English)
  • passive) (separable [obligatory], International English)

Examples

  • The exam is designed to CATCH you OUT.
  • He CAUGHT me OUT when he checked my story with my previous employer.Put someone in an unexpected and difficult situation (often
  • We were CAUGHT OUT in the storm.

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