catch red-handed

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Definition of catch red-handed words

phrase catch red-handed If someone is caught red-handed, they are caught while they are in the act of doing something wrong. 3

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exclamation

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 98% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.

Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

startle — to disturb or agitate suddenly as by surprise or alarm.
nab — to arrest or capture.
capture — If you capture someone or something, you catch them, especially in a war.
seize — to take hold of suddenly or forcibly; grasp: to seize a weapon.
discover — to see, get knowledge of, learn of, find, or find out; gain sight or knowledge of (something previously unseen or unknown): to discover America; to discover electricity. Synonyms: detect, espy, descry, discern, ascertain, unearth, ferret out, notice.

release — to lease again.
liberate — to set free, as from imprisonment or bondage.
misunderstand — to take (words, statements, etc.) in a wrong sense; understand wrongly.
let go — to move or proceed, especially to or from something: They're going by bus.
free — enjoying personal rights or liberty, as a person who is not in slavery: a land of free people.

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