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Meaning of catch out | Babel Free

Verb CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. To discover or expose as fake, insincere, or inaccurate.
    transitive
  2. To take (someone) by surprise.
    transitive
  3. To put a batsman out by catching the batted ball before it touches the ground.
    transitive
  4. To leave an area by jumping on a train; to ride the rails away.
    US, dated, intransitive, slang

Equivalents

Examples

“Bishop Manning has his enemies, but those enemies have hardly ever caught him out on a point of theology or canon law.”
“However, Colombia broke the deadlock, Leicy Santos toying with Rachel Daly after collecting Caicedo’s pass, before sweeping a dipping effort over a caught-out Mary Earps. It was a luscious finish and the crowd enjoyed it.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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