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What is another word for Caught up?
What is another word for caught up?
absorbed | engrossed |
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preoccupied | occupied |
enthralled | captivated |
involved | abstracted |
immersed | rapt |
What is the opposite caught?
What is the opposite of caught?
freed | emancipated |
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let go | let loose |
let off | let out |
set free | set loose |
turned loose | uncaged |
What is this word caught?
Caught is the past tense of catch and means that someone was trapped or something that was thrown was grabbed. When someone threw you a ball and you grabbed it, this is an example of a situation where you caught a ball. Simple past tense and past participle of catch.
What does Cought mean?
Verb. cought. Obsolete spelling of caught. Misspelling of caught. Obsolete spelling of coughed quotations ▼
What means Caught up?
1 : involved in (a difficult or confusing situation) Several members of Congress were caught up in the scandal. How did you get caught up in this mess? 2 : excited about something and having trouble thinking about anything else Everyone was caught up in the excitement.
What is caught up mean?
Is caught up a word?
To be caught up in something also means to be involved in an activity that you did not intend to be involved in: He got caught up in the demonstrations and got arrested.
What word is parallel to caught?
snagged, snapped (up), snared, snatched, trapped.
What does caught up mean slang?
Definition of caught up in 1 : involved in (a difficult or confusing situation) Several members of Congress were caught up in the scandal. How did you get caught up in this mess? 2 : excited about something and having trouble thinking about anything else Everyone was caught up in the excitement.
What’s the difference between a threw and a through?
Threw and through are homophones, which means they have the same pronunciation but different meanings. Here are three points to remember on through vs. threw, Threw is a past tense verb, meaning having tossed something with one’s arm in the past. These words are never interchangeable.
Which is the past tense of the word threw?
Threw is the simple past tense of the verb throw, which usually means to cause something to move through the air. (“Buddy threw the ball.”)
Is the word threw and through a homophone?
Threw and through are homophones—words that have different meanings and spellings but are pronounced the same. Homophones are often a cause of confusion, even when they belong to completely different parts of speech, as do threw and through.
What does the word threw mean in baseball?
Threw usually means to hurl something with one’s arm, the way an American football quarterback might complete a pass or a baseball pitcher might strike out a batter. It can also mean to lose a contest on purpose. Sandy Koufax threw most of his pitches for strikes, and most batters missed them.