as in to work out
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Recent Examples of catch on
Listen to this article A Florida woman caught on video shooting her ex-boyfriend, a Miami-Dade sheriff’s deputy, was sentenced on Friday to 30 years in prison followed by 20 years of probation.
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Muri Assunção, New York Daily News, 14 Mar. 2025
David was wearing a red zip-up jacket that caught the eye of the five alleged gang members, who had just been caught on video at Valley Fair mall across the street a half hour earlier beating up, bloodying and stealing a shoe of an unsuspecting shopper, according to a police statement of facts.
—Julia Prodis Sulek, The Mercury News, 14 Mar. 2025
Listen to this article A former Broward deputy working security at Blanche Ely High School punched a teenage student in the face, threw him on the ground and kneeled beside him in a Feb. 4 confrontation outside the school building, and it was caught on school surveillance video.
—Rafael Olmeda, Sun Sentinel, 12 Mar. 2025
The launch looked good as Starship made it into space and the booster rocket was successfully caught on the ground.
—Alex Knapp, Forbes, 7 Mar. 2025
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Muri Assunção, New York Daily News, 14 Mar. 2025
David was wearing a red zip-up jacket that caught the eye of the five alleged gang members, who had just been caught on video at Valley Fair mall across the street a half hour earlier beating up, bloodying and stealing a shoe of an unsuspecting shopper, according to a police statement of facts.
—Julia Prodis Sulek, The Mercury News, 14 Mar. 2025
Listen to this article A former Broward deputy working security at Blanche Ely High School punched a teenage student in the face, threw him on the ground and kneeled beside him in a Feb. 4 confrontation outside the school building, and it was caught on school surveillance video.
—Rafael Olmeda, Sun Sentinel, 12 Mar. 2025
The launch looked good as Starship made it into space and the booster rocket was successfully caught on the ground.
—Alex Knapp, Forbes, 7 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for catch on
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Participants performed unilateral resistance exercise, working out one leg in one phase and the other in the next phase.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
8 Mar. 2025
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The Aztecs will work out 15 times over six weeks, leading up to the AztecFAST Showcase on April 19 at Snapdragon Stadium.—
Kirk Kenney,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
8 Mar. 2025
Verb
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Chan goes over a sequence of verification and other tools that can conceivably handle all of these challenges.—
John Werner,
Forbes,
13 Mar. 2025
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The prank did not go over well in the neighborhood, with one resident calling the police.—
Raja Krishnamoorthi,
Newsweek,
13 Mar. 2025
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Chase Hunter leads the Tigers in scoring and is coming off an efficient 21-point game in their quarterfinals game against SMU.—
Mark Davis,
Newsweek,
15 Mar. 2025
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The Wolfpack were ranked No. 13 at the time and coming off a Final Four appearance.—
Steven Johnson,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
14 Mar. 2025
Verb
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With the award, the star succeeds Cecilia Roth, the last recipient of the honor, after previous editions of this recognition received by such prominent figures from the Ibero-American world as Benicio del Toro (2023), Carmen Maura (2022), Diego Luna (2021), José Sacristán (2020) and Raphael (2019).—
Lily Ford,
The Hollywood Reporter,
20 Mar. 2025
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Sarina Wiegman has succeeded as England Women manager by being unashamedly true to her own philosophy, familiar to other Dutch coaches.—
Michael Cox,
The Athletic,
20 Mar. 2025
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Originally selected in the second round of the 2021 NFL Draft by the Arizona Cardinals, Moore hasn’t panned out to this point in his career largely because he’s struggled to stay on the field.—
Dane Mizutani,
Twin Cities,
19 Mar. 2025
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While filming the show, Alexander’s love life was panning out quite differently.—
Aditi Shrikant,
CNBC,
19 Mar. 2025
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Defensive transfers must click for Chris Ash At the most reductive level, Notre Dame will replace Xavier Watts, Howard Cross and Jordan Clark with Jalen Stroman, Jared Dawson and Devonta Smith.—
Pete Sampson,
The Athletic,
20 Mar. 2025
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Here are the top scams to watch out for: Phishing Scams: Fraudsters send emails or texts impersonating the IRS or other tax entities, urging recipients to click malicious links.—
Matthew F. Erskine,
Forbes,
20 Mar. 2025
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The companies that jump curves and develop the new tools and skills that deliver what matters to today’s customers will win.—
Barry Libert,
Forbes,
19 Mar. 2025
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However, on the day the Dodgers’ Dave Roberts delivered his pep talk to the Palisades High baseball team, the school newspaper was not there to cover it.—
Bill Shaikin,
Los Angeles Times,
19 Mar. 2025
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“Catch on.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/catch%20on. Accessed 23 Mar. 2025.
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