pillar
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Meanings
Verb
1. to catch, get, to grab (e.g. grab a cab, get lunch, grab a drink, catch a movie)
2. to pilfer, steal
3. to tag (games)
4. to get (a joke) (colloquial)
5. to catch, to catch up to (colloquial)
6. to catch, to pick up, to bust, to nab (someone doing something illegal) (colloquial)
7. to come down with, catch, to pick up (an illness) (colloquial)
8. to pick up on, to take (e.g. information, a hint) (colloquial)
9. to score (e.g. drugs) (Spain, colloquial)
10. to jam (your finger) (colloquial, reflexive)
11. to fall in love, to crush on someone (colloquial, reflexive)
Examples92
I think she may have a crush on me.
I jammed my finger in the door.
Try and catch me!
Catch as catch can.
We caught him trying to go out of his room.
I eventually got caught.