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View synonyms for caught

caught

[ kawt ]

verb

  1. simple past tense and past participle of catch.


caught

/ kɔːt /

verb

  1. the past tense and past participle of catch
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  • un·caught adjective
  • well-caught adjective
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Idioms and Phrases

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Example Sentences

Mahmood removed Evin Lewis in the next over before setting up Roston Chase superbly to have him caught at first slip in the fourth.

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Jofra Archer bowled Pooran in between and when Mahmood had Hetmyer caught in the deep, West Indies were reeling.

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Overton removed Gudakesh Motie in the same over and then came back to have Powell caught in the deep to start his next.

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The impressive Hosein removed Phil Salt and Buttler, England’s standout batters in the first two games, while the returning Joseph had Bethell caught behind.

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I was caught off guard by what came next.

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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

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