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caught red-handed

caught red-handed is the simple past and past participle of catch red-handed.

Meaning of catch red-handed

Verb

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

  1. (idiomatic, transitive) To discover or capture someone in the act of committing a crime.

Questions about caught red-handed

What is caught red-handed the simple past and past participle of?
Caught red-handed is the simple past and past participle of catch red-handed.

Words near caught red-handed in the dictionary

  1. caught one's breath
  2. caught one's death
  3. caught one's drift
  4. caught out
  5. caught raiding the cookie jar
  6. caught red-handed
  7. caught short
  8. caught sight of
  9. caught some rays
  10. caught some z's
  11. caught some zs

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