catch out

1. (transitive)To discover or expose as fake, insincere, or inaccurate.

2. (transitive)To take (someone) by surprise.

3. (transitive)To put a batsman out by catching the batted ball before it touches the ground.

4. (US, dated, intransitive, slang)To leave an area by jumping on a train; to ride the rails away.

5. (slang, transitive)To catch (someone); to detect an error or blunder on (someone's) part.

   The police caught me out on a lie.

1. Tom was caught stealing money out of the cash register.

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2. Tom was caught sneaking out of the room.

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3. Tom caught Mary sneaking out of the house.

   deTom erwischte Maria dabei, wie sie gerade aus dem Hause schleichen wollte.

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4. Tom got caught sneaking out of the room.

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5. I was caught out by the bad weather.

   deIch bin vom schlechten Wetter überrascht worden.

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irregular · Lesson

• catch upнадолужити, надолужуватиTo pick up suddenly.
• catch outдізнатися, дізнаватисяTo discover or expose as fake, insincere, or inaccurate.
• catch onChiefly in the form catch oneself on: to cause (oneself) to get or regain a proper appreciation of a situation; to behave in the expected, sensible way; to stop fooling around or being silly.