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catch upTo be reaching something that had been ahead.Rate it:

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catch upTo get news.Rate it:

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catch upTo entangle.Rate it:

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catch upTo compensate for or make up a deficiency.Rate it:

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catch upget level withRate it:

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catch you laterAn informal farewellRate it:

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Catch You LaterTo say farewell to someone for a short time-period or just a simple good byeRate it:

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catch you on the flip sideGoodbye, farewell.Rate it:

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Catch-22A difficult situation from which there is no escape because it involves mutually conflicting or dependent conditions.Rate it:

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catch-as-catch-canIntermittent; only when possible or when the opportunity presents itself.Rate it:

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catch-as-catch-canA. 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.Rate it:

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ce n'est pas le pérou (fam.)It’s no great catch.Rate it:

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celui qui sème le vent récolte la tempêteHe who sows the wind reaps the whirlwind; Those who live in glass houses should not throw stones.Rate it:

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change upTo throw a pitch at a much slower than expected speed.Rate it:

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chuck awayTo discard, or throw away.Rate it:

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chuck upTo chuck up the sponge; to give up; to admit defeat; to jig up, throw up, jack up; to break a contract; to abandon or quit.Rate it:

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chuck upTo vomit; throw up.Rate it:

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ciel pommelé et femme fardée ne sont pas de longue duréeA mackerel sky, not long wet and not long dry.Rate it:

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close in onTo catch up with in a chase; to near the end of a pursuit.Rate it:

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come forto search for something or someone, in order to catch them/it.Rate it:

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consequi, assequi aliquemto catch some one up.Rate it:

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copulas, manus ferreas (in navem) inicereto throw grappling irons on board; to board.Rate it:

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das Geld zum Fenster hinauswerfento throw money awayRate it:

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deep-sixTo throw something overboard from a ship.Rate it:

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deicere aliquem de saxo Tarpeioto throw some one down the Tarpeian rock.Rate it:

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deprehendere aliquem (in aliqua re)to catch a person, find him out.Rate it:

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don't throw the baby out with the bathwaterTo discard something valuable, often inadvertently, in the process of removing waste.Rate it:

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donner un pois pour avoir une fèveTo give a sprat to catch a herring. Rate it:

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donner un œuf pour avoir un bœufTo give a sprat to catch a herring (or, mackerel).Rate it:

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down with his apple-cartKnock or throw him down.Rate it:

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dump outTo discard, to throw away, to toss out.Rate it:

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dust off a batterfor a pitcher to throw a pitch at or near the batter, typically to frighten the batter or to have him stand farther away from home plate.Rate it:

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eeny meeny miney moe(short version) a way of choosing someone or something by counting off items one by one until the last word falls on a person or item to the full rhyme which is: eeny meany miney moe catch a tiger by the toe if he hollers let him go eeny meeny miney moe Whichever item falls on the last word "moe" that's the one that is chosen, for example to be "it" to start a game or to choose sides for teams. There are only four words per line that count. The last line "eeny meeny money moe" was later replaced by My mother said to pick the very best one and you are not it" (all words count for one as each person (item) is tapped.Rate it:

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envoyer son ganteletthrow down the gauntletRate it:

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fly off the handleTo become very angry or enraged; to throw a fit or go crazy.Rate it:

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get afterTo move into action in attempt to catch or defeat another.Rate it:

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get amongst itTo throw oneself into doing something, especially a leisure activity or something physical.Rate it:

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go afterTo pursue in attempt to catch another.Rate it:

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go up in smokeTo catch fire and burn.Rate it:

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gulp upTo throw up from the stomach; to disgorge.Rate it:

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holy mackerelAn expression of surprise.Rate it:

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hospital passA throw that stays in the air long enough that it allows too many people to get underneath it, increasing the risk of injury and a trip to the hospital. Thus, a hospital pass.Rate it:

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humi prosternere aliquemto throw any one to the ground.Rate it:

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iacturam alicuius rei facereto throw away, sacrifice.Rate it:

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il aura son affaireHe will catch it. (ironic)Rate it:

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il est sûr de son affaireHe will pay for it; He will catch it.Rate it:

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il ne faut pas vendre la peau de l'ours avant de l'avoir tuéDo not count your chickens before they are hatched; First catch your hare.Rate it:

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in carcerem conicere aliquemto throw some one into prison.Rate it:

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in dubio ponereto throw doubt upon a thing.Rate it:

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in dubium vocareto throw doubt upon a thing.Rate it:

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