- catch someone with their pants (or trousers) down
- catch someone with their pants (or trousers) downinformalcatch someone in an embarrassingly unprepared state.→ pants
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catch someone with their pants (or trousers) down
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catch someone with their pants down — ► catch someone with their pants (or trousers) down informal catch someone in an embarrassingly unprepared state. Main Entry: ↑pants … English terms dictionary
catch someone with their trousers down — ► catch someone with their pants (or trousers) down informal catch someone in an embarrassingly unprepared state. Main Entry: ↑pants … English terms dictionary
catch someone with their trousers down — see catch someone with their pants down at pants. → trousers … English new terms dictionary
pants — ► PLURAL NOUN 1) Brit. underpants or knickers. 2) chiefly N. Amer. trousers. 3) Brit. informal rubbish; nonsense. ● catch someone with their pants (or trousers) down Cf. ↑catch someone with their trousers down ● … English terms dictionary
catch someone napping — CATCH OFF GUARD, catch unawares, (take by) surprise, catch out, find unprepared; informal catch someone with their trousers/pants down; Brit. informal catch on the hop. → nap * * * catch someone napping (informal) 1. To detect someone in error… … Useful english dictionary
pants — plural noun 1》 Brit. underpants or knickers. 2》 chiefly N. Amer. trousers. 3》 Brit. informal rubbish; nonsense. Phrases catch someone with their pants (or trousers) down informal catch someone in an embarrassingly unprepared state. fly (or drive) … English new terms dictionary
pants — [ pænts ] noun plural ** 1. ) AMERICAN a piece of clothing that covers your body from your waist to your ANKLES and has a separate part for each leg: TROUSERS 2. ) BRITISH UNDERPANTS beat the pants off INFORMAL 1. ) to defeat an opponent easily 2 … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
trousers — plural noun an outer garment covering the body from the waist to the ankles, with a separate part for each leg. Phrases catch someone with their trousers down see catch someone with their pants down at pants. wear the trousers informal be the… … English new terms dictionary
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
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
