catch+hold

  • 41catch — [[t]kætʃ[/t]] v. caught, catch•ing, n. adj. 1) to seize or capture, esp. after pursuit: to catch a thief[/ex] 2) to trap or ensnare: to catch fish[/ex] 3) to take and hold (something thrown, falling, etc.): to catch the ball[/ex] 4) to surprise… …

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  • 42catch*/*/*/ — [kætʃ] (past tense and past participle caught [kɔːt] ) verb I 1) [I/T] to stop something that is falling or moving through the air, and hold it Stewart caught the ball with one hand.[/ex] A bucket stood under the hole to catch the rain.[/ex] 2)… …

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  • 43hold — I. /hoʊld / (say hohld) verb (held, held or, Archaic, holden, holding) –verb (t) 1. to have or keep in the hand; keep fast; grasp. 2. to reserve; retain; set aside. 3. to bear, sustai …

  • 44catch-as-catch-can — I. ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ˈ ̷ ̷ noun ( s) : a style of wrestling in which all holds are permitted except those that may be barred by mutual consent and in which a fall is gained by the contestant who pins his opponent s shoulders to the ground II.… …

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  • 45catch — [c]/kætʃ / (say kach) verb (caught, catching) –verb (t) 1. to capture, especially after pursuit; take captive. 2. to ensnare, entrap, or deceive. 3. a. to be in time to reach (a train, boat, etc.): I barely caught the 5.03. b. to board; travel on …

  • 46hold — I n. grip 1) to catch, get, grab, lay, seize, take hold of 2) to keep hold of 3) to relax one s hold 4) a firm, strong hold type of wrestling grip 5) to break a hold control, domination 6) to relinquish one s hold 7) a hold over (they refused to… …

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  • 47catch-as-catch-can wrestling — Wrestling Wres tling, n. Act of one who wrestles; specif., the sport consisting of the hand to hand combat between two unarmed contestants who seek to throw each other. Note: The various styles of wrestling differ in their definition of a fall… …

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  • 48hold — Synonyms and related words: abandon, abduction, abide, abort, absorb, absorb the attention, abstain, accent, accent mark, accommodate, account, account as, accumulate, acropolis, adhere, adhere to, adjudge, adjudicate, admit, advance, advantage,… …

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  • 49catch — verb (past and past participle caught) 1》 intercept and hold (something which has been thrown, propelled, or dropped).     ↘seize or take hold of.     ↘Cricket dismiss (a batsman) by catching the ball before it touches the ground. 2》 capture (a… …

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  • 50catch — 1. verb 1) he caught the ball Syn: seize, grab, snatch, take hold of, grasp, grip, trap, clutch, clench; receive, get, intercept Ant: drop 2) …

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