Catch and Evade

Catch

Catch verb - To come upon face-to-face or as if face-to-face.
Usage example: I'll catch you at the library tomorrow

Evade is an antonym for catch.

Nearby Words: catchy, catching, catcher

Evade

Evade verb - To get or keep away from (as a responsibility) through cleverness or trickery.
Usage example: people who use every loophole in the law to evade paying taxes

Catch is an antonym for evade.

Nearby Words: evasion, evading, evader

Common collocations

girl catch girl evade girl
fire catch fire evade fire
death catch death evade death
time catch time evade time
Other words: way, monster, bullet, enemy, bullets, opponents, enemies.

Both words in one sentence

  • The Russian Rabkrin, at times, had to actively evade purges ordered by Stalin and the NKVD to catch them.
  • If It Bleeds, It Leads In the video game adaptation of World's Wildest Police Videos, one mission has you trying to not only catch a crook, but also evade a persistent news van that's trying to get footage of the stakeout.
  • Manga / Cat's Eye Every time, the police will deploy forces in order to catch them, and every time they evade capture and make off with the painting they were after.
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