catch
verb (used with object)
to seize or capture, especially after pursuit: to catch a runaway horse.
am catching
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present progressiveof catch (1st person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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So I am catching batting practice and I am getting hit all over, ball marks everywhere.”
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 13, 2018
I am catching my breath in space so familiar to me — an old Catholic school gym, once used as a church — and yet, now, so foreign.
From New York Times ● May 22, 2012
Mama’s biscuits are as good as ever, but I will tell you that I am catching up to her fast.
From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan
I am catching fever and I don't recognize their uniforms.
From "What the Night Sings" by Vesper Stamper
You see,”––looking up at Menard,––“already I am catching the meanings.”
From The Road to Frontenac by Samuel Merwin
