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单词 catch someone napping
释义

catch someone napping

British informal Find someone off guard and unprepared to respond: the goalkeeper was caught napping by a shot from Carpenter...
  • Several times throughout the first half, they were caught napping as the ball was played over, through and round them.
  • From the restart, Windermere were caught napping, however, when poor tackling let Workington drive up the centre of the park.
  • Eventually, Manchester took a 2-1 lead before half time with an opportunist goal when a quickly-take free hit just inside the 22 caught Kendal napping for a second time.

Synonyms

catch off guard, catch unawares, take by surprise, surprise, catch in an unguarded moment, catch out, find unprepared
informal catch someone with their trousers/pants down
British informal catch on the hop
See parent entry: nap
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