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catch a glimpse — catch a quick sight, see quickly, view for a moment … English contemporary dictionary
catch a glimpse — see for only a second, visible for a brief time I caught a glimpse of Sue at the mall, but she didn t see me … English idioms
catch a glimpse — verb see something for a brief time (Freq. 2) • Syn: ↑catch sight, ↑get a look • Hypernyms: ↑see • Verb Frames: Somebody s Somebody s PP … Useful english dictionary
catch — [kach, kech] vt. caught, catching [ME cacchen < Anglo Fr cachier < VL * captiare < L captare, to seize < pp. of capere, to take hold: see HAVE] 1. to seize and hold, as after a chase; capture 2. to seize or take by or as by a trap,… … English World dictionary
Glimpse — Glimpse, v. t. To catch a glimpse of; to see by glimpses; to have a short or hurried view of. [1913 Webster] Some glimpsing and no perfect sight. Chaucer. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
catch — catch1 W1S1 [kætʃ] v past tense and past participle caught [ko:t US ko:t] ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(take and hold)¦ 2¦(find/stop somebody)¦ 3¦(see somebody doing something)¦ 4¦(illness)¦ 5 catch somebody by surprise/catch somebody off guard 6 catch somebody… … Dictionary of contemporary English
glimpse — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 brief sight of sb/sth ADJECTIVE ▪ brief, fleeting, the merest, momentary, quick ▪ occasional, rare ▪ Th … Collocations dictionary
catch — catch1 [ kætʃ ] (past tense and past participle caught [ kɔt ] ) verb *** ▸ 1 stop and hold something/someone ▸ 2 stop someone escaping ▸ 3 find and arrest ▸ 4 (hunt and) stop animal ▸ 5 get on public vehicle ▸ 6 discover someone doing something… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
catch — 1 verb past tense and past participle caught 1 STOP/TRAP SB (T) a) to stop someone after you have been chasing them and prevent them from escaping: You can t catch me! she yelled, running away across the field. | If the guerrillas catch you, they … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
glimpse — n. 1) to catch a glimpse of 2) a brief, fleeting glimpse 3) a glimpse into (a glimpse into the life of a coal miner) * * * [glɪmps] fleeting glimpse a brief to catch a glimpse of a glimpse into (a glimpse into the life of a coal miner) … Combinatory dictionary
