catch at
phrasal verb
caught at; catching at; catches at
: to reach for and try to hold (something)
The baby caught at my dress as I walked past.
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The company installs Poseidons, each about the size of a phone booth, on the boat decks of local fishermen, then purchases the catch at a premium.
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Hannah Goldfield, New Yorker, 19 Jan. 2026
Safety Kam Curl made a sliding catch at the Rams’ 22, and sucking the oxygen out of the 60,253 at Soldier Field.
—Adam Grosbard, Oc Register, 19 Jan. 2026
Marion stayed and started the new era with a spectacular TD catch at Utah State, but fractured his collarbone on the play.
—Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 13 Jan. 2026
Breast cancer caught at stage one has a 99 percent survival rate; prostate cancer is nearly 100 percent.
—Gov. Kim Reynolds, Des Moines Register, 13 Jan. 2026
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Hannah Goldfield, New Yorker, 19 Jan. 2026
Safety Kam Curl made a sliding catch at the Rams’ 22, and sucking the oxygen out of the 60,253 at Soldier Field.
—Adam Grosbard, Oc Register, 19 Jan. 2026
Marion stayed and started the new era with a spectacular TD catch at Utah State, but fractured his collarbone on the play.
—Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 13 Jan. 2026
Breast cancer caught at stage one has a 99 percent survival rate; prostate cancer is nearly 100 percent.
—Gov. Kim Reynolds, Des Moines Register, 13 Jan. 2026
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“Catch at.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/catch%20at. Accessed 28 Jan. 2026.
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