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catch

/kæt͡ʃ/
noun

  1. The act of seizing or capturing.

    "The catch of the perpetrator was the product of a year of police work."

  2. The act of catching an object in motion, especially a ball.

    "Nice catch!"

  3. The act of noticing, understanding or hearing.

    "Good catch. I never would have remembered that."

Synonymsbeau, conquest, find, prize, capture, collar
verb

  1. (heading) To capture, overtake.

  2. (heading) To seize hold of.

  3. (heading) To intercept.

Synonymsget, take, capture, hook, snare, take
Antonymsdrop, release

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