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What is another word for
catch unawares
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To take advantage of someone's inattention
To surprise (someone)
To disconcert or cause to be confused
(
of a feeling
)
To affect (someone) suddenly and powerfully
To chance upon someone doing something unexpected (and usually underhanded)
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To take advantage of someone's inattention
surprise
ambush
startle
catch napping
creep up on
pounce on
take by surprise
catch red-handed
catch on the hop
burst in on
catch in the act
catch out
take unawares
catch off guard
catch someone with their pants down
catch someone with their trousers down
steal up on
sneak up on
come up behind
come up on
approach unnoticed
ambuscade
waylay
intrude on
bushwhack
drop in on
come down on like a bolt from the blue
disturb
interrupt
come down on
spring on
come upon
lie in wait
capture
lay for
spring upon
catch in flagrante delicto
disrupt
catch off-guard
catch off-balance
find unprepared
catch in an unguarded moment
wrong-foot
outmanoeuvre
UK
outmaneuver
US
throw
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“Such a woman would be much more difficult to
catch unawares
than a teenage escort trapped in a motel room.”
Verb
▲
To surprise (someone)
bowl a googly
wrongfoot
catch off guard
Verb
▲
To disconcert or cause to be confused
throw
disconcert
fluster
agitate
disturb
flurry
ruffle
throw off
unnerve
upset
bewilder
confound
confuse
discomfit
discompose
discountenance
dumbfound
harass
perplex
unsettle
addle
affect
baffle
bamboozle
befuddle
bother
disquiet
flummox
perturb
puzzle
rattle
trouble
worry
discombobulate
faze
nonplus
surprise
astonish
distract
dizzy
make nervous
throw off balance
put off
put into a flap
shake up
throw into a tizz
mix up
catch off balance
put someone off their stroke
cause someone to lose their composure
shake
dismay
stun
floor
take aback
astound
startle
shock
stupefy
distress
flabbergast
stagger
amaze
get to
vex
daze
abash
daunt
knock for six
alarm
bowl over
mystify
overwhelm
muddle
frustrate
knock sideways
gravel
frighten
discourage
disorient
rock
dumfound
fox
thunderstrike
buffalo
take by surprise
scare
bemuse
embarrass
psych out
appall
US
beat
depress
surprize
demoralize
US
fuddle
knock the stuffing out of
maze
stump
horrify
intimidate
make someone scratch their head
sadden
cow
pose
get
cause to be at a stand
concern
unhinge
appal
UK
dishearten
strike dumb
jolt
dispirit
derail
stop someone in their tracks
undo
deject
demoralise
UK
chill
deter
mortify
unman
befog
wilder
annoy
fog
discomfort
blow away
irritate
fuss
ail
irk
bug
distemper
frazzle
knock out
exercise
alarum
hagride
be all Greek to
crush
freak out
weird out
disarrange
sap
leave open-mouthed
blow your mind
leave aghast
disappoint
subdue
muddy
obfuscate
spook
anger
hassle
overcome
fret
torment
disorder
put out of countenance
put someone off their stride
set someone back on their heels
terrify
thwart
knock for a loop
dampen
give a hard time
dash
panic
balk
US
damp
peeve
chagrin
undermine
grieve
offend
unbalance
plague
miff
consternate
psych
sicken
displease
baulk
UK
needle
afflict
disrupt
hurt
pester
make uneasy
cast down
set someone thinking
make anxious
indispose
boggle
throw into a tizzy
screw up
rattle one's cage
go to your head
pour cold water on
throw cold water on
boggle the mind
throw a curve
render speechless
destabilize
US
disorganize
derange
influence
affright
disarray
enervate
provoke
weaken
terrorize
US
nark
alter
debilitate
chafe
beset
pain
traumatize
US
overawe
impact
disparage
outwit
discommode
awe
transform
paralyse
UK
persecute
stress
change
sway
bring up short
move
pother
desolate
condition
jar
destabilise
UK
impress
modify
bully
paralyze
US
wound
browbeat
oppress
manipulate
harry
terrorise
UK
stir
disincline
strain
devastate
put the wind up
torture
weigh down
bias
foul up
try
let down
aggrieve
traumatise
UK
put out
mess up
disorientate
bring low
wind up
give a turn
hack off
tantalize
US
tantalise
UK
get at
tick off
pick on
get across
make waves
upset the applecart
have an effect on
burn up
give someone the blues
make downhearted
pull the rug from under
mess with someone's head
wrong-foot
take your breath away
make dejected
knock over with feather
pull the rug out from under
catch out
do someone's head in
petrify
elude
uncalm
boggle the mind of
blind
metagrobolize
unstring
dement
delight
snow
gobsmack
put off one's stroke
flabagast
intoxicate
inebriate
make punchy
stymie
foil
conquer
knock props out
knock over
put one away
spring on
fill with wonder
fill with amazement
outrage
revolt
disgust
hinder
make speechless
throw for a loop
make your head spin
mess with one's head
ball up
scandalize
US
nauseate
knock off balance
inconvenience
rack
repel
make uncomfortable
deflate
make self-conscious
anguish
curse
hound
agonize
US
exasperate
aggravate
make awkward
show up
gall
stumble
rile
humble
devitalize
nettle
nag
injure
tax
hang up
enfeeble
pique
agonise
UK
strap
dog
break
nit-pick
prick
push
harrow
martyr
disempower
catch one short
bedevil
humiliate
cripple
worst
turn
incapacitate
flip
craze
cramp
make a monkey of
put in a spot
put in a hole
put on the spot
give a bad time
antagonize
US
eat at
arouse anxiety in
make miserable
do a number on
be on one's case
make wretched
cause suffering to
push buttons
make it tough for
weigh on
cut up
cause anguish to
besiege
burden
despair
beleaguer
stir up
fire up
egg on
flip out
scandalise
UK
numb
antagonise
UK
electrify
insult
tease
badger
grate
get someone
bum out
turn on
lay up
key up
test
importune
give offence to
prevent
checkmate
weigh heavily on
get down
rasp
rock the boat
make a scene
give someone grief
dun
tear
goad
hector
bring down
spite
hurt somebody's feelings
get on your wick
eat
make someone fed up
cause anxiety to
blow up
frost
take the wind out of your sails
completely surprise
make someone's blood run cold
raise someone's eyebrows
gross out
shake out of your complacency
hit like ton of bricks
gripe
itch
gnaw at
put down
put a damper on
sweat out
weigh heavily on one's mind
lie heavy on
be a great weight on
excite
abrade
niggle
expose
trick
trap
outsmart
wear
outmaneuver
US
take unawares
outmanoeuvre
UK
distort
outfox
play
throw into tizzy
prejudice
twist
warp
jumble
trip
taint
angle
slant
garble
dishevel
stretch
doctor
muss
rumple
catch on the hop
shuffle
tousle
dislocate
skew
scramble
disjoint
hash
bend
color
US
colour
UK
steer
exert an influence on
tumble
rummage
spoil
convulse
stop
bollix
throw into disorder
throw into confusion
turn upside down
make a mess of
interfere with
cause confusion in
cut short
cause turmoil in
throw a monkey wrench in the works of
throw a spanner in the works
break up
throw into disarray
muddy the waters
mess with
intrude on
play havoc with
muck up
touch
disillusion
disenchant
strike
disgruntle
involve
shape
infect
attack
act on
damage
govern
hit hard
form
determine
control
reach
hit
fill with consternation
impact on
exert influence on
decide
guide
work on
strike at
take hold of
impinge
knock back
emotionally move
regard
induce
tell on
inspire
interest
mark
relate
prevail
prevail over
turn someone's head
tug at your heartstrings
impress on
bear upon
make an impression on
impinge upon
have an impact on
haunt
ride
excruciate
drive up the wall
molest
mither
be on your back
devil
bait
get on your nerves
gnaw
pursue
chivvy
incense
get in your hair
crucify
rankle
blight
work up
infuriate
madden
drive round the bend
heckle
inflame
heavy
press
nudge
rub up the wrong way
nag at
preoccupy
rankle with
enrage
prey on your mind
chivy
sting
incommode
assail
rark
keep on at
keep after
cause trouble to
prey on
hang over
bend someone's ear
smite
hack you off
drive round the twist
taunt
be a burden to
fear
give someone the hump
turn off
be at
bustle
make someone see red
cut to the quick
sweat
stew
obsess
interrupt
cause agony to
inflict anguish on
dissatisfy
breathe down someone's neck
go on at
disoblige
grate on
be agitated
eat away at
drive crazy
get under your skin
get your back up
tee off
make somebody's hackles rise
put your back up
confront
face
take control of
mistreat
weigh heavily on someone's mind
hurry
occupy
grip
pressure
rouse
ridicule
wring
hamper
pressurize
US
overburden
stab
possess
maltreat
dominate
fright
encumber
saddle
affront
gibe
buffet
fidget
abuse
make fretful
pressurise
UK
haze
hustle
flap
burn
stress out
cause pain to
bore
wrong
henpeck
tire
coerce
roil
overload
intrude upon
handicap
press down on
bite
scarify
cause concern to
make angry
disburb
stiff
dragoon
be in a tizzy
be a burden on
give the business
force
chasten
exacerbate
cause discomfort to
hump
cause anxiety
harp on at
make cross
scare to death
strike terror into
fall on
bulldoze
pick at
jibe at
take over
drive mad
drive to distraction
cause anguish
scare away
niggle at
drive bananas
be a pain in the neck
be a thorn in someone's side
make your blood boil
chill to the bone
curdle the blood
make things hot for someone
make it hot for someone
get your dander up
make one's hair stand on end
scare off
make teeth chatter
give someone the pip
make one's blood run cold
ruffle one's feathers
get up someone's nose
cause disquiet to
suffer
muse
labour
UK
labor
US
frenzy
flutter
unquiet
quicken
roust
squirm
tangle
harm
accost
uncouple
drive insane
make restless
send over the edge
grind
cavil
victimize
US
be a nuisance to
weigh
put on edge
send into a spin
rend
incite
pierce
overcharge
arouse
be in someone's way
insist
remind
stimulate
jeer
ferment
come back to haunt
breath down someone's neck
dampen spirits
break one's heart
scar
be a weight on one's mind
tear away at
grind at
make blue
drag down
break the heart of
put into a funk
occupy thoughts
give someone hell
victimise
UK
noodge
bullyrag
sear
entangle
lie heavily on
cut
lie heavy on someone's mind
weigh heavy on someone's mind
aggress
discontent
disaffect
insist on
boo
T-off
get your goat
lean on
chide
beleague
take the wind out
put pressure on
hiss
put the squeeze on
repulse
slight
scare the daylights out of
zing
single out
bring pressure to bear on
make flip
bug up
misplease
cheese off
push button
heat up
be in someone's hair
jump on one's case
get on one's nerves
lash at
be prey to
be the victim of
take pains
fall upon
try your patience
be a thorn in someone's flesh
get your hackles up
dash the hopes of
jerk around
ask for it
be worried
start in on
be hurtful to
bleed
mourn
cause suffering
cause offense
lambaste
cause sorrow
drive you up the wall
labour over
give the needle
peck at
rattle someone's cage
hit where one lives
rub the wrong way
be on the back of
put someone's nose out of joint
raise your hackles
be in a flap
kick up a fuss
kick up a stink
weary
dis
visit
take
be in a stew
get worked up
get in a stew
dish out
dish it out
give it to
stick it to
barrack
make someone laugh on the other side of their face
make someone laugh out of the other side of their mouth
make unhappy
be disagreeable to
push the buttons of
play dirty
get on someone's back
thumb nose at
cause pain
cause someone distress
have had enough
become bored
make discontented
exhaust someone's patience
try the patience of
grate at
lose patience
shout at
fester
make game of
shout catcalls at
shout down
gnaw away at
wear on
gnaw away
be bothered
be a weight on someone's mind
absorb
overstretch
overtax
tense
engross
engulf
devour
weight
monopolize
US
be nervous
be spooked
impel
make
crunch
overextend
eat up
enthral
UK
overpower
be on pins and needles
be antsy
be anxious
fill with fear
enthrall
US
consume
monopolise
UK
have ants in one's pants
be like a cat on hot bricks
scare witless
oblige
charge
compel
obligate
scare stiff
overdo
scare the pants off
subjugate
scare the bejesus out of
tyrannize
US
give someone goose pimples
scare someone out of their wits
scare the living daylights out of
chill to the marrow
give someone the heebie-jeebies
put the fear of God into
rib
laden
lade
lumber
freight
surround
freeze your blood
kid
muscle
sandbag
steamroll
railroad
constrain
mock
get the wind up
chaff
make tense
tense up
push to the limit
dither
subject
throw into a blue funk
deride
give one the creeps
throw into a fright
make someone jump out of their skin
make one's flesh creep
scare someone half to death
josh
rag
joke
jive
razz
rally
trammel
satirize
US
enslave
roast
kick
drive
blackjack
hegemonize
banter
overrun
twit
cause to feel emotional strain
cause to feel mental strain
put in traction
put on trial
guy
fun
quiz
exploit
overthrow
jostle
encircle
obstruct
load
press the panic button
go into a panic
become flustered
be in a dither
be in a state
be in a twitter
get into a state
scourge
chiack
rule
master
trample
despotize
shuck
mob
tyrannise
UK
smoke
rot
keep down
be cruel to
grind down
treat harshly
rule with an iron hand
trample underfoot
weigh heavy upon
hold down
beat down
be brutal to
rule with a rod of iron
trample on
rule over
hold sway over
walk all over
tyrannize over
put screws to
ride roughshod over
ill-treat
put upon
sledge
impede
cross
spoof
swarm around
set upon
crowd around
descend on
converge on
crowd round
slam
sound
snap
satirise
UK
laugh at
scoff at
jeer at
make fun of
poke fun at
impose on
send up
make jokes about
goof on
rag on
be sarcastic about
carp at
poke mullock at
make sport of
get on someone's case
sling off at
take the mickey
put on
have on
swipe at
pull someone's leg
pull one's leg
poke borak at
flirt with
flout at
lead on
mess around
take the piss out of
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Verb
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(
of a feeling
)
To affect (someone) suddenly and powerfully
overtake
hit
befall
engulf
overwhelm
strike
catch
come upon
overcome
overhaul
overpower
surprise
betide
consume
envelop
swamp
whelm
assail
happen
outdo
reach
sweep over
happen to
fall on
catch off guard
get to
catch unprepared
swallow up
be visited on someone
take by surprise
catch off-guard
become of
be the fate of
fall upon
be the lot of
visit
come of
flood
inundate
deluge
submerge
bury
drown
overflow
immerse
submerse
overrun
gulf
plunge
encompass
absorb
crush
engross
surround
imbibe
snow under
wash out
flood out
drench
soak
cover
pour over
wet
impregnate
suck
devour
saturate
slosh
debouch
glut
bog down
snow
choke
fill
shower
slop
dunk
pour down on
run over
cover with water
flow over
souse
sop
sluice
douse
flush
stream
pour
gush
more ❯
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▲
To chance upon someone doing something unexpected (and usually underhanded)
catch
discover
detect
expose
find
unmask
encounter
surprise
come upon
come across
catch out
catch red-handed
find out
catch in the act
light on
stumble on
stumble upon
take by surprise
burst in on
catch off guard
chance on
chance upon
happen upon
bring to light
hit upon
take unawares
happen on
light upon
meet
tumble upon
pitch upon
bump into
stumble across
stumble onto
run into
run across
meet by chance
luck into
strike
meet up with
cross paths
rub eyeballs
fall in with
run against
turn up
uncover
unearth
descry
reach
espy
cross the path
run smack into
meet with
come by
alight upon
register
trick
trip
wrong-foot
trip up
contact
see
salute
make contact with
rendezvous with
brush against
meet face to face
touch shoulders
run up against
come face to face with
dig up
clash with
make a meet
come up against
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catch unawares
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catch unprepared
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