catch me

Try grabbing me

Catch me is a challenge or taunt implying the speaker won't be found doing something—usually because they consider it beneath them or undesirable: Catch me eating at that place again.

The full form is "you won't catch me," compressed to express dismissive refusal.

Sometimes literal, as in children's games: Catch me if you can!

Related

dodge · run away · tease · tag · hide and seek · escape · evade · trick · outwit · provoke · trust · trust fall · leap of faith · flee · leap · bond · vulnerability · dash

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Opposites
pursuit and evasion

catch meI surrender

Admission of defeat

I give up · you got me · I yield · I submit · I concede

trust and vulnerability

catch mecatch me

Apprehend my person

stay away · leave me alone · back off

pursuit dynamics

catch mefollow me

Request to accompany

you're it

Family

catch, catches, catching, caught, catcher, catchers, catchy, catchable, myself

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Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G