catch

See:

catch 22 catch as catch can catch your breath catch someone cold You'll catch your death (of cold)! catch someone's eye catch someone in the act you'll catch it catch someone off guard catch someone on the hop

catch someone red-handed catch sight of someone/something catch some rays catch the wave catch up on something catch someone with their fingers/hand in the till catch you later catch you napping catch-as-catch-can catch/cop/get some z's

catch/get hell catch/have someone dead to rights catch/take someone off guard The early bird catches the worm. get someone's/the drift get the drift if you catch/get my drift when someone/something sneezes, someone/something catches a cold