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catch a packet

catch a packet verb: to be fired upon.

Verb

catch a packet (third-person singular simple present catches a packet, present participle catching a packet, simple past and past participle caught a packet)

  1. (idiomatic, slang) To be fired upon.
    • While here last night we caught a packet, and some shrapnel came into our house here. However, no casualties in cars or men.1956, George Rock, The History of the American Field Service, 1920-1955, page 436
    • From then onwards about every minute we caught a packet from somewhere: 'Crash! Rattle! Bump! Thump!' Eventually there was an even worse one than usual which knocked us all off our perches; […]2016, Peter Hart, Voices from the Front: An Oral History of the Great War

Forms of catch a packet

third-person singular presentcatches a packet
present participlecatching a packet
past participlecaught a packet
pastcaught a packet

Questions about catch a packet

What does catch a packet mean?
Catch a packet means to be fired upon.
What part of speech is catch a packet?
Catch a packet is a verb.
What is the past tense of catch a packet?
The past tense of catch a packet is caught a packet.

Words near catch a packet in the dictionary

  1. catch a crab
  2. catch a date
  3. catch a dick
  4. catch a fade
  5. catch a falling knife
  6. catch a packet
  7. catch a ride
  8. catch a square
  9. catch a stray
  10. catch a Tartar
  11. catch a wave

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