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catch oneself on en · X

Pronunciation

  • /ˌkɛt͡ʃ ˌwʌnsɛlf ˈɑn/ (General-American)
  • /ˌkæt͡ʃ ˌwʌnsɛlf ˈɒn/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • /kæt͡ʃ-/ (General-American)

Etymology

See catch on.

Meanings

  1. (imperative, informal, qualifier:Ireland (especially Northern Ireland)) To cause (oneself) to get or regain a proper appreciation of a situation; to behave in the expected, sensible way; to stop fooling around or being silly.
    • Big Pat's still wearing his hair like two floppy ears on a dog. He's amazing: wouldn't you think his wife or someone would tell him to catch himself on. 2011, Colin Neill, “Behind Every Man …”, in Turas: A Story of Strangers in a Strange Land, Kibworth Beauchamp, Leicester: Matador, Troubador Publishing, →ISBN, page 68:

Relateds

catch on

Translations (4)

pl ogarniać się (to cause (oneself) to get or regain a proper appreciation of a situation; to behave in the expected, sensible way) · pl ogarnąć się (to cause (oneself) to get or regain a proper appreciation of a situation; to behave in the expected, sensible way) · fi ryhdistäytyä (to cause (oneself) to get or regain a proper appreciation of a situation; to behave in the expected, sensible way) · sh skopčati (to cause (oneself) to get or regain a proper appreciation of a situation; to behave in the expected, sensible way)