Meaning

2 senses

  1. (idiomatic, slang)To be severely reprimanded, punished, or beaten.

  2. (idiomatic, slang, uncommon)To experience troubling or difficult times.

Examples

2 sentences

  1. You're going to catch hell from your wife if she finds out.

    deDeine Frau wird dir die Hölle heiß machen, wenn sie es erfährt. — samueldora

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  2. You're going to catch hell.

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Forms

catches hell, catching hell, caught hell, caught hell
Base formcatch hell · to catch hell
3rd person singularcatches hell
Present participlecatching hell
Past simplecaught hell
Past participlecaught hell

irregular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theycatch hell
he, she, itcatches hell

Past simpleLesson

all personscaught hell

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave caught hell
he, she, ithas caught hell

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill catch hell

Synonyms

3 synonyms
catch itcop itget it

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
catastrophicB2catboycatchA1catchercatchyB2categoricallycategorizeB1
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