catch someone with their trousers down

catch someone with their trousers down
see catch someone with their pants down at pants.

English new terms dictionary. 2014.

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  • 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 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 pants (or trousers) down — informal catch someone in an embarrassingly unprepared state. → pants …   English new 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

  • 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 — [[t]kæ̱tʃ[/t]] ♦♦ catches, catching, caught 1) VERB If you catch a person or animal, you capture them after chasing them, or by using a trap, net, or other device. [V n] Police say they are confident of catching the gunman... [V n] Where did you… …   English 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

  • catch — I UK [kætʃ] / US verb Word forms catch : present tense I/you/we/they catch he/she/it catches present participle catching past tense caught UK [kɔːt] / US [kɔt] past participle caught *** 1) [intransitive/transitive] to stop and hold something… …   English 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

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