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
Know and catch are semantically related in understand topic. In some cases you can use "Know" instead a verb "Catch".
Know
Know verb - To have a clear idea of.
Usage example: I think I know what you're trying to say
Catch and know are semantically related in understand topic. Sometimes you can use "Catch" instead a verb "Know".
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The catch is, both robots were under a strain, and Baley didn't know enough about robots to know that the lying one will have a harder time because of it.
Source: Framing the Guilty Party -
Dramatic Irony: Ghost and Angela's relationship; she doesn't know he's the drug distributor she's trying to catch, he doesn't know she's the federal prosecutor who's after him.
Source: Series / Power -
And if you're sharp enough, you can catch one final clue when the killer says something that implies that they know things they shouldn't know.
Source: Video Game / Persona 4
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