catch at
phrasal verb
caught at; catching at; catches at
: to reach for and try to hold (something)
The baby caught at my dress as I walked past.
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Florida center fielder Hayden Yost appeared to rob Kuhio Aloy of a home run to lead off the eighth with a leaping catch at the wall.
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Matt Jones, Arkansas Online, 27 Apr. 2025
Aaron Gordon or Jamal Murray could catch at the elbow.
—Bennett Durando, Denver Post, 18 Apr. 2025
Fishermen Elmer Antonio Flores reported that the rays were caught at a depth of about 25 feet.
—Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 24 Mar. 2025
Luckily for Wade, his proactivity meant that it was caught at Stage 1 – the earliest stage, when the cancer has not spread anywhere else in the body.
—Julia Andersen, CNN, 13 Mar. 2025
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Matt Jones, Arkansas Online, 27 Apr. 2025
Aaron Gordon or Jamal Murray could catch at the elbow.
—Bennett Durando, Denver Post, 18 Apr. 2025
Fishermen Elmer Antonio Flores reported that the rays were caught at a depth of about 25 feet.
—Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 24 Mar. 2025
Luckily for Wade, his proactivity meant that it was caught at Stage 1 – the earliest stage, when the cancer has not spread anywhere else in the body.
—Julia Andersen, CNN, 13 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for catch at
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“Catch at.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/catch%20at. Accessed 9 May. 2025.
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