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catch a fade en · VERB

Meanings

  1. (idiomatic, slang) To get knocked out (struck and rendered unconscious).
    • Recently, Chappelle was attacked on stage. The assaulter has since claimed he was angry at the comedian over a transphobic joke, and ended up catching a fade for his trouble. 2022 June 6, Robert Longfellow, “Dave Chappelle Donating Show Sales To Buffalo Shooting Victims' Families”, in Hip Hop Wired:

Forms

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caught a fade Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
caught a fade Tense=Past lexicographic
catches a fade Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
catching a fade Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic