catch a cold »
To become infected with cold.
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catch dust »
To be rarely used.
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catch fire »
Become engulfed with flames.
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catch hell »
Be severely reprimanded, punished, or beaten.
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catch it »
Be severely reprimanded, punished, or beaten.
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catch on »
To begin to understand; to realize or detect.
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catch on »
To become popular; to become commonplace; to become the standard.
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catch out »
To put a batsman out by catching the batted ball before it touches the ground.
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catch up »
To be reaching something that had been ahead.
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catch-as-catch-can »
A. 1681, John Fryer, Richard Chiswell, Robert Roberts, Robert White, A New Account of East-India and Persia, in Eight Letters, Being Nine Years Travels, Begun 1672 and Finished 1681.
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catmeat »
Someone who has been badly beaten.
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cattle call »
An audition which is open to the public and thus draws a large number of applicants, many of whom are inexperienced.
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caucus race »
A political competition; the game of campaigning and one-upmanship to get votes and be elected.
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caught between the devil and the deep blue sea »
Having a choice between two alternatives, both undesirable.
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caught in the act »
To be found doing something that you weren't supposed to be doing, while you're doing it.
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