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trap; especially in an error or in a reprehensible act
He was caught out
She was found out when she tried to cash the stolen checks
How To Use catch out In A Sentence
- Once again it has been left to a recession to catch out those who overstretched themselves in the boom years.
- Trading standards officers used pretend drunks in an undercover operation to catch out pubs. Times, Sunday Times
- Trading standards officers used pretend drunks in an undercover operation to catch out pubs. Times, Sunday Times
- The Ouse is very dangerous: the fast-flowing undercurrents can catch out the strongest swimmer.
- Men, it seems, are less inclined to snoop on their spouses, with just a quarter admitting that they would check emails and around a third text messages to catch out straying partners.
- They also wanted to catch out cheats who rent a second home close to the school during the application period. Times, Sunday Times
- Mobile spy cameras are to catch out fly-tippers in the Spen Valley.
- They also wanted to catch out cheats who rent a second home close to the school during the application period. Times, Sunday Times
- Fortunately, most are still fairly easy to spot, and usually catch out only new users, but they will improve.
- This committee, under its cool-headed chairman, Tory Andrew Tyrie, is able to catch out slippery bankers. Bob Diamond loses his shine as MPs quiz him over banking and bonuses
