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Antonyms for catches
| Grammar : Noun, verb |
| Spell : kach |
| Phonetic Transcription : kætʃ |
- advantage
- be immune
- benefit
- deny
- depart
- disallow
- disbelieve
- discourage
- disentangle
- dissuade
- exclude
- fail
- fall behind
- free
- give
- key
- leave
- let go
- let off
- liberate
- loose
- loosen
- lose
- misinterpret
- misplace
- miss
- mistake
- misunderstand
- neglect
- offer
- overlook
- push
- receive
- refuse
- reject
- release
- stop
- unfasten
- veto
Definition of catches
Origin :- late 14c., "device to hold a latch of a door," also "a trap;" also "a fishing vessel," from catch (v.). Meaning "action of catching" attested from 1570s. Meaning "that which is caught or worth catching" (later especially of spouses) is from 1590s. Sense of "hidden cost, qualification, etc." is slang first recorded 1855 in P.T. Barnum.
- noun fastener
- noun trick, hidden disadvantage
- verb ensnare, apprehend
- verb find out, discover
- verb contract an illness
- verb come from behind and grab
- verb hear and understand
- He also is the chief of the police force and catches the thieves.
- Extract from : « Ancient Man » by Hendrik Willem van Loon
- That is what I said--that I am glad this is Culbertson who catches me.
- Extract from : « The Leopard Woman » by Stewart Edward White
- An Ohio regiment, which can also deal with Slade if it catches him, will defile to the left.
- Extract from : « The Rock of Chickamauga » by Joseph A. Altsheler
- "He's a dandy if he catches Baumberger," Miss Georgie averred, gloomily.
- Extract from : « Good Indian » by B. M. Bower
- The stork is a bird of prey; it is vigilant, greedy, and catches gudgeons.
- Extract from : « The Room in the Dragon Volant » by J. Sheridan LeFanu
- The kiwi is the latest of all the birds, but catches the most worms.
- Extract from : « The Strand Magazine, Volume V, Issue 25, January 1893 » by Various
- I invent a whole biography for each one that catches my eye.
- Extract from : « Cleo The Magnificent » by Louis Zangwill
- Alvar rushes through the Moors and catches him in his arms.'
- Extract from : « The Complete Poetical Works of Samuel Taylor Coleridge » by Samuel Taylor Coleridge
- And if she catches you makin' eyes at her best feller—Whew!'
- Extract from : « The Depot Master » by Joseph C. Lincoln
- The outer beach is the place that catches it when there's a gale on.
- Extract from : « Cap'n Eri » by Joseph Crosby Lincoln
Synonyms for catches
- accept
- apprehend
- arrest
- bag
- become infected with
- board
- bolt
- break out with
- buckle
- bust
- capture
- Catch-22
- clamp
- clasp
- claw
- clench
- climb on
- clip
- clutch
- collar
- come down with
- come upon
- comprehend
- conundrum
- cop
- corral
- cotch
- deception
- decoy
- descry
- detect
- develop
- discern
- drawback
- encounter
- entangle
- entrap
- expose
- fall ill with
- fall victim to
- feel
- fly in the ointment
- follow
- get
- get one's fingers on
- glom
- glove
- go after
- grab
- grasp
- grip
- hasp
- hit upon
- hitch
- hook
- hook and eye
- hop on
- incur
- joke
- jump
- lasso
- latch
- lay hold of
- make
- meet with
- nab
- nail
- net
- overhaul
- overtake
- pass
- perceive
- pick
- pluck
- pounce on
- prehend
- puzzle
- puzzler
- ram
- reach
- receive
- recognize
- run down
- secure
- see
- seize
- sense
- sicken
- snag
- snap
- snare
- snatch
- spot
- stumbling block
- succumb to
- suffer from
- surprise
- take
- take hold of
- take in
- take unawares
- trap
- turn up
- understand
- unmask
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