caught

[ kawt ]

verb

1. simple past tense and past participle of catch.

caught

/ kɔːt /

verb

1. See catch
   the past tense and past participle of catch

Other Words From

• un·caught adjective
• well-caught adjective

Idioms and Phrases

• catch

Example Sentences

Our work is a collaboration between more than 100 scientists with up to 60 years of data on animals that were caught, marked, released, and re-caught.

From Singularity Hub 

A street sweeper was caught in the crossfire as a gunman fired at the officer, fatally wounding her in the back.

From The Daily Beast

Detectives with a fugitive task force caught up with Polanco and a friend on a Bronx street in the early afternoon.

From The Daily Beast

If she got caught with a shank, they would up her custody level.

From The Daily Beast

From there we took the train to Nice, France, but the French border control caught us and sent us back to Italy.

From The Daily Beast

Remember the Christian congressman caught snogging a staffer?

From The Daily Beast

Most of the men leaped up, caught hold of spears or knives, and rushed out.

From Project Gutenberg

Even as they gazed they saw its roof caught up, and whirled off as if it had been a scroll of paper.

From Project Gutenberg

But at the instant I caught a sight of my counterfeit presentment in a shop window, and veiled my haughty crest.

From Project Gutenberg

When we'd finished, one of the hunters rounded up the horses and we caught our nags and saddled them.

From Project Gutenberg

He caught himself in the act of listening to you too credulously—and that seemed to him unmanly and dishonorable.

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