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caught some z's

caught some z's is the simple past and past participle of catch some z's.

Meaning of catch some z's

Verb

catch some z's (third-person singular simple present catches some z's, present participle catching some z's, simple past and past participle caught some z's)

  1. (idiomatic) To sleep.
    • His boss found him catching some z's at his desk yesterday.

Verb capitalized: caught some Z's

caught some Z's

  1. (participle, past) simple past and past participle of catch some Z's

Questions about caught some z's

What is caught some z's the simple past and past participle of?
Caught some z's is the simple past and past participle of catch some z's.
What part of speech is caught some z's?
Caught some z's is a verb.

Words near caught some z's in the dictionary

  1. caught raiding the cookie jar
  2. caught red-handed
  3. caught short
  4. caught sight of
  5. caught some rays
  6. caught some z's
  7. caught some zs
  8. caught someone at their own game
  9. caught someone napping
  10. caught someone with their pants down
  11. caught someone's drift

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Adapted from Wiktionary: caught some z's (page history and authors); caught some Z's (page history and authors); catch some z's (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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