Wiktionary
caught out
vb. (en-past of: catch out)
Usage examples of "caught out".
One day she is caught out in the open during threadfall, trying to outrun the leading edge.
It was evidently a hunting party from the village of Mbonga, the chief, caught out in the jungle after dark.
The silence on her bridge was uncomfortable, like that of school children caught out on a pop quiz by a new teacher.
We got caught out in that same howler, but we were just outside Santorini, I mean to tell you the water’.
I don't want any of our couriers caught out there, away from home and circled by meltdowns.