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catch someone at their own game en · VERB

Meanings

  1. (alt-of, alternative) Alternative form of beat someone at their own game.
    • So far, Molly says she has sent the pills out to between 50 and 100 women. Sometimes she receives emails that seem like “suspicious pleas”—messages that sound little too-scripted, like the person behind the keyboard is playing a role to catch Molly at her own game. 2014 June 27, Erica Hellerstein, “The Rise of the DIY Abortion in Texas”, in The Atlantic:

Forms

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caught someone at their own game Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
caught someone at their own game Tense=Past lexicographic
catches someone at their own game Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
catching someone at their own game Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic