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catch

noun as in fastener

Strongest matches

Weak match

noun as in trick, hidden disadvantage

verb as in find out, discover

verb as in contract an illness

verb as in come from behind and grab

verb as in hear and understand

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“And when I laid down on the floor next to her … she leaned over and started catching the tears, one at a time, as they were rolling down my cheek.”

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Its protagonist is a hapless writer who nonsensically gets caught up in secret-agent intrigue.

“There is a bit of a gray area, but I would suspect that a lot of people who got caught up in this feel like they didn’t do anything wrong,” he said.

Remember that catch and throw when you don’t see him again until next October.

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The company fired an executive this week who was allegedly caught on tape saying the company’s soup was “highly processed,” made for “poor people” and used lab-grown and 3-D printed chicken.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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