Catch and Dig

Catch

Catch verb - To have a clear idea of.
Usage example: I didn't catch the point you were making about our nation's foreign policy

Dig and catch are semantically related in understand topic. In some cases you can use "Dig" instead a verb "Catch".

Nearby Words: catchy, catching, catcher

Dig

Dig verb - To have a clear idea of.
Usage example: can you dig what I'm saying?

Catch and dig are semantically related in understand topic. Sometimes you can use "Catch" instead a verb "Dig".

Nearby Words: digging, digged

How words are described

good good catch good dig
elaborate elaborate catch elaborate dig
better better catch better dig
common common catch common dig
Other adjectives: specific, single, small, successful, little, famous, new.

Common collocations

guy catch guy dig guy
reference catch reference dig reference
way catch way dig way
bullet catch bullet dig bullet
Other words: card, cat, bullets, guys, arrows.

Both words in one sentence

  • Mildly Military Catch-22 has, among its many things, a man who keeps intentionally getting court-martialled so as to get sentenced to dig ditches instead of go on the front lines.
  • Film / King Kong Escapes Who and the other catch wind of this, deciding to kidnap Kong and later the trio in order to dig up Element X.
  • While this will catch any player too eager to cross to the other side, it does make Olmec dig its grave more quickly.
    Source: A.I. Breaker
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