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What does "catch himself" mean here?
“I don’t want to talk to you,” she said in a constricted voice.
“Why not?”
“Tuney h-hates me. Because we saw that letter from Dumble-
dore.”
“So what?”
She threw him a look of deep dislike.
“So she’s my sister!”
“She’s only a —” He caught himself quickly; Lily, too busy trying
to wipe her eyes without being noticed, did not hear him.
“I don’t want to talk to you,” she said in a constricted voice.
“Why not?”
“Tuney h-hates me. Because we saw that letter from Dumble-
dore.”
“So what?”
She threw him a look of deep dislike.
“So she’s my sister!”
“She’s only a —” He caught himself quickly; Lily, too busy trying
to wipe her eyes without being noticed, did not hear him.
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Hi It means to stop yourself from saying or doing something that you will regret; usually to stop yourself from doing something bad - I was going to say something really rude to my neighbour but I caught myself Dave
- Hi It means to stop yourself from saying or doing something that you will regret; usually to stop yourself from doing something bad - I was going to say something really rude to my neighbour but I caught myself Dave
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Hi
It means to stop yourself from saying or doing something that you will regret; usually to stop yourself from doing something bad
- I was going to say something really rude to my neighbour but I caught myself
Dave
It means to stop yourself from saying or doing something that you will regret; usually to stop yourself from doing something bad
- I was going to say something really rude to my neighbour but I caught myself
Dave
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