Catch and Glimpse

Catch

Catch verb - To make note of (something) through the use of one's eyes.

Usage example: I looked out the window just in time to catch the neighbor's dog digging up my flower bed

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

Nearby Words: catchy, catching, catcher

Glimpse verb - To take a quick or hasty look.

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Catch and glimpse are semantically related in see topic. Sometimes you can use "Catch" instead a verb "Glimpse".

Nearby Words: glimpsed, glimpsing

good	good catch	good glimpse
full	full catch	full glimpse
nice	nice catch	nice glimpse
best	best catch	best glimpse
Other adjectives: long, better, short, single, nasty, small, real, great, little, interesting, unique, major, momentary.

monster	catch monster	glimpse monster
killer	catch killer	glimpse killer

As much as it pains me to say, when I look in his eyes, all I see is the same cowardice that I... that I catch when I take a glimpse of my own face in the mirror.

Source: Series / The Tonight Show
You do catch a brief glimpse of a creature with similarly-shaped wings at the beginning of the series.

Source: Bait-and-Switch Credits
It wasn't just that the readers weren't ever "shown" it (the narrator gave a partial description but didn't think he could even try to really explain what he had caught a glimpse of), but the real catch was that within the story, you really, really wouldn't want to see it.

Source: Ultimate Evil

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