Nov
9
Catch: to manage to hear something.
Usage:
I couldn’t catch what the announcer said, with all the other noise going on.
Excerpts from soaps, novels and films:
Friends
“Monica: Hi, come in! Paul, this is.. (They are all lined up next to the door.)… everybody, everybody, this is Paul.
Chandler: I’m sorry, I didn’t catch your name. Paul, was it?”





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