Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

make someone hard to catch

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.71 in modern English

Syllables: make -some-one hard -to -catch
IPA

41

Scrabble Score

22

Letters

5

Syllables

12

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To get rid of someone, especially in an unpleasant way.

Colloquial; Dated

verb

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see make, someone, hard, to, catch.

Example Sentences

"I hope that we have no such men in Local No. 163. If we have, we will make them hard to catch when we find them out."
"Then the boss stuck up a sign that said: / Public Water-hole. Water Free. / "Now you old skin," says he to Texas Pete, "charge all you want to on your own property. But if I ever hear of your layin' claim to this other hole, I'll sure make you hard to catch.""
"She says he understands her; an' first thing her an' Crabapple gets to arguin' religion, an' Liz, she warns the Crabapple if he ever gets drunk round the parson, an' she gets well an' finds it out, she'll shore make him hard to catch."
"I'm going to be there, myself, and I'm going to borrow that pistol that you stuck in my ribs the other night; and the first yap that touches a corner or crosses my line I'll make him hard to catch."
"But there'll be four of us to take care of Purdy's men before you show up in Arguello. We'll make them hard to catch."
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Usage

Inflected Forms

makes someone hard to catch (present, singular) making someone hard to catch (participle, present) made someone hard to catch (participle, past) made someone hard to catch (past)

Questions

What does make someone hard to catch mean?: To get rid of someone, especially in an unpleasant way.

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