catch the wave

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catch the wave (American & Australian)

to try to get an advantage for yourself by becoming involved with something that is becoming popular or fashionable Older Spanish restaurants are expanding to try to catch the tapas wave.

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which means the nose of your board will catch the wave and you will fall forward before being able to pop up. Learning to Surf Popping up by APagan / Travel, recreation and leisure community The length of the surfboard will determine how easily you catch the wave. Surfboards 101 A Beginner?s Guide by APagan / Sports and fitness community The tides were so fierce, the British number one needed to be towed by jetski to get up enough speed to catch the wave. Surfer has swell time by Evening Chronicle (Newcastle, England)			catch cold catch dead to rights catch death catch death! catch eye catch fire catch forty winks catch from catch hell catch hold of catch in catch in the act catch it Catch me later catch napping catch off guard catch on catch on the hop catch onto catch out catch red-handed catch sight of catch some rays catch some Zs catch the next wave catch the wave catch to it catch up in catch up on catch with catch with pants down catch you later catch-as-catch-can cater to catty-corner caught caught in the act caught in the crossfire caught in the middle caught short caught unaware caught up in caught with pants down cause cause a stir cause eyebrows to raise and cause some raised eyebrows cause tongues to wag caution caution about cave cave in			catch platform Catch point Catch points catch question Catch Record Card catch red-handed catch sight catch sight catch sight catch sight catch sight of catch sight of catch some rays catch some Z's catch some Zs catch some Zs catch some Zs catch some Zs catch some Zs catch someone by surprise catch someone flat-footed catch someone up short catch the attention Catch the Bus catch the devil catch the drift catch the eye catch the next wave Catch the Sewing Bug Catch the Vision catch the wave Catch Them Young Catch title catch to it Catch Twenty Two Catch Twenty Two Catch Twenty Two catch unprepared catch up catch up catch up catch up Catch Up Contribution Catch Up Contributions catch up in catch up on catch up short catch up with catch up with catch up with catch up with catch up with someone catch wind of catch wind of something catch with catch with pants down catch with pants down catch with trousers down Catch wrestling Catch wrestling Catch Wrestling Association

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