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catch it

  1. Also, get it. Receive a punishment or scolding, as in If I forget anything on the shopping list, I'll catch it, or I'm really going to get it when I turn in my paper late. [Colloquial; early 1800s]



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It is so infectious you can catch it just by being in a room where an infected person has been — even up to two hours after they left, according to the U.S.

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Israel's blistering salvos on Friday morning caught it off guard.

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It made showering difficult because it was not to get wet and he feared catching it on his clothing and bed sheets.

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"If I catch it soon it enough it can sometimes work, when my vision goes fuzzy and I can feel one coming on."

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The game ended in the bottom of the ninth with a Nate Lopez pop fly falling in left field as Mira Costa’s shortstop, left fielder and center fielder tried to catch it.

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