Catch
Catch verb - To take physical control or possession of (something) suddenly or forcibly.
How words are described
Both words in one sentence
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The Florida Brothers from Dragon Gate used to do their own variation, where instead of dropping to the mat, one of them would instead catch a chair attack from an opponent, then actually open the chair and drape it around their neck while feigning pain.
Source: Wounded Gazelle Gambit - In Rurouni Kenshin, Yahiko does a dynamite jump with the help of a tatami mat to catch a flying opponent.
Source: Explosion Propulsion -
In fact, the Russian catch-all term for obscenity, mat derives from that phrase.
Source: Your Mom
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Mat and Catch. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/catch/mat
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