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catch out

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Verb

  1. To discover or expose as fake, insincere, or inaccurate.
  2. To take (someone) by surprise.
  3. To put a batsman out by catching the batted ball before it touches the ground.
  4. To leave an area by jumping on a train; to ride the rails away.

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