catch out

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catch out (third-person singular simple present catches out, present participle catching out, simple past and past participle caught out)

1. (transitive) To discover or expose as fake, insincere, or inaccurate.
   • 1939 October 23, "Religion: Discordant Concordat," Time:

     Bishop Manning has his enemies, but those enemies have hardly ever caught him out on a point of theology or canon law.

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

• The object of this verb is usually placed between catch and out.

• outcatch