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catch strays

catch strays is the alternative form of catch a stray.

Meaning of catch a stray

Verb

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

  1. (idiomatic, slang) To be unexpectedly and casually insulted in a seemingly unrelated discussion or argument.
    • Jayda goes at it with Teanna Trump and Lil Baby catches a stray.2020 December 18, @MXCKdotCom, Twitter, archived from the original on 26 Mar 2022

Forms of catch strays

third-person singular presentcatches strays
present participlecatching strays
past participlecaught strays
pastcaught strays

Questions about catch strays

What is catch strays the alternative form of?
Catch strays is the alternative form of catch a stray.

Words near catch strays in the dictionary

  1. catch someone's drift
  2. catch someone's eye
  3. catch someone's fancy
  4. catch step
  5. catch steps
  6. catch strays
  7. catch the bus
  8. catch the eye
  9. catch the last chopper out of 'Nam
  10. catch the light
  11. catch the queer

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Adapted from Wiktionary: catch strays (page history and authors); catch a stray (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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