catch at

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.

Examples of catch at in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Driving a tractor-trailer commercially without a CDL violates federal regulations — a violation that, if caught at a roadside inspection, would almost certainly have put him out of service on the spot. — John Kelly, CBS News, 17 Sep. 2026

Rashid Khan came on after the power play, getting the breakthrough in the seventh over, as Sharma was out caught at deep midwicket. — ABC News, 15 Sep. 2026

Brown appeared to suffer the injury while trying to make a catch at Lumen Field against the Seattle Seahawks. — Chantz Martin Outkick, FOXNews.com, 10 Sep. 2026

Finding problems closer to where data originates is often cheaper than tracing them later, but some defects can’t be caught at creation because the evidence needed to recognize them doesn’t exist yet. — Jay Limburn, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2026

Rhymes for catch at

• begat
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• format
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