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Contracted out
Answer for the clue "Contracted out ", 6 letters:
caught
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Word definitions for caught in dictionaries
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
(context cricket English) Of the method of being out in which the striker hits the ball and a fielder catches it. v (en-past of: catch)
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
past tense and past participle of catch (v.), attested from 14c., predominant after c.1800, replacing earlier catched . A rare instance of English strong verb with a French origin. This might have been by influence of Middle English lacchen (see latch (v.)), ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
v. discover or come upon accidentally, suddenly, or unexpectedly; catch somebody doing something or in a certain state; "She caught her son eating candy"; "She was caught shoplifting" perceive with the senses quickly, suddenly, or momentarily; "I caught ...
Usage examples of caught.
If, or rather when, the Ariyens caught up with her, they might be surprised at the choice that she would make.
Then the other man caught sight of the woman, gestured with his blade hand.
I had some hard words for the elders when I finally caught up to them.
Char was caught under his nails, and dried blood crusted in his knuckles.
He had been prepared for the weakness in his leg where Biekin had struck him, but a spasm also caught his shoulder where the muscles were still healing.
He caught only a glimpse of steel before the point slipped up through his gut.
There was still a faint glow to the root planks, and they made a web in the dark, a web that caught the world.
But when he took the reins again, the color of the dead insect on his palm caught his eye.
One whipping bough caught Weed on his cauliflower ear, leaving a line of blood.
He caught his breath inaudibly at the sudden surge of gray that came with the thought of leaving Drovic.
Stobner was caught like an overstuffed target in the saddle, a war bolt buried in the V of his shirt, and his thick body only beginning to shudder.
A fist caught Talon on the cheekbone, and another on the ribs, but his knife was already moving.
One of its middle hooves caught Talon a wicked blow on his sore thigh.
Then slowly, comically, cursing at the inevitability caused by a broken cinch strap, the man had slid, feet caught in suddenly loose stirrups, upside-down under the dnu and into the frigid water.
Wakje was caught on submerged debris till he tore free and came up spitting.