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Antonia Posted 21 years ago
Vocabulary

Catch oneself

Hi,
Can you tell me what is the meaning of this verb:

She asked before she could catch herself?

Thank you
  

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Hi Antonia, the cobuild explains it btter than me: If you catch yourself doing something, especially something surprising, you suddenly become aware that you are doing it. So, it shold be something like this: she asked before she realized what she was doing(the asking)/she wasn't aware that she was asking. Cheers,

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  • Hi Antonia, the cobuild explains it btter than me: If you catch yourself doing something, especially something surprising, you suddenly become aware that you are doing it.
  • So, it shold be something like this: she asked before she realized what she was doing(the asking)/she wasn't aware that she was asking.
  • Cheers,
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Hi Antonia, the cobuild explains it btter than me:
If you catch yourself doing something, especially something surprising, you suddenly become aware that you are doing it.
So, it shold be something like this: she asked before she realized what she was doing(the asking)/she wasn't aware that she was asking.
Cheers,
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This is the same as "before she could stop herself". In other words she blurted out the question without thinking and probably regretted it later.

CJ
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Thank you both. It can't be more clear to me.
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