catch+a+glimpse+of

  • 1catch a glimpse of — index find (discover) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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  • 2catch a glimpse — catch a quick sight, see quickly, view for a moment …

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  • 3catch a glimpse — see for only a second, visible for a brief time    I caught a glimpse of Sue at the mall, but she didn t see me …

    English idioms

  • 4catch a glimpse — verb see something for a brief time (Freq. 2) • Syn: ↑catch sight, ↑get a look • Hypernyms: ↑see • Verb Frames: Somebody s Somebody s PP …

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  • 5catch — [kach, kech] vt. caught, catching [ME cacchen < Anglo Fr cachier < VL * captiare < L captare, to seize < pp. of capere, to take hold: see HAVE] 1. to seize and hold, as after a chase; capture 2. to seize or take by or as by a trap,… …

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  • 6Glimpse — Glimpse, v. t. To catch a glimpse of; to see by glimpses; to have a short or hurried view of. [1913 Webster] Some glimpsing and no perfect sight. Chaucer. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 7catch — catch1 W1S1 [kætʃ] v past tense and past participle caught [ko:t US ko:t] ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(take and hold)¦ 2¦(find/stop somebody)¦ 3¦(see somebody doing something)¦ 4¦(illness)¦ 5 catch somebody by surprise/catch somebody off guard 6 catch somebody… …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 8glimpse — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 brief sight of sb/sth ADJECTIVE ▪ brief, fleeting, the merest, momentary, quick ▪ occasional, rare ▪ Th …

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  • 9catch — catch1 [ kætʃ ] (past tense and past participle caught [ kɔt ] ) verb *** ▸ 1 stop and hold something/someone ▸ 2 stop someone escaping ▸ 3 find and arrest ▸ 4 (hunt and) stop animal ▸ 5 get on public vehicle ▸ 6 discover someone doing something… …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 10catch — 1 verb past tense and past participle caught 1 STOP/TRAP SB (T) a) to stop someone after you have been chasing them and prevent them from escaping: You can t catch me! she yelled, running away across the field. | If the guerrillas catch you, they …

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