Catch
Catch verb - To become affected with (a disease or disorder).
Usage example: you'll catch the flu for sure if you don't get a shot
Shake
Shake verb - To get or keep away from (as a responsibility) through cleverness or trickery.
Usage example: we shook our pursuers by cutting through the abandoned lot
How words are described
| good | good catch | good shake |
| full | full catch | full shake |
| long | long catch | long shake |
| better | better catch | better shake |
| Other adjectives: short, fair, real, huge, little, slight, main, extra, giant, aforementioned. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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Catch Phrase: Peppor replaces his verbs with "shake" and Solt repeats his adverbs and adjectives (eg, "truly true" or "perfectly perfect").
Source: Video Game / Chrono Cross -
Bassett (one of Slappy's enemies) explains why dogs chase squirrels: Stinkbomb: It's our sworn duty to chase 'em, catch 'em and shake 'em like rag dolls!
Source: Western Animation / Animaniacs - But he could never shake the stigma of racism attached to him after an infamous 1983 MNF game, where he reacted to a catch-and-run by Washington receiver Alvin Garrett with "Look at that little monkey run" (Garrett is black).
Source: Never Live It Down / Sports
Cite this Source
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