Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb catch_out

1 sense of catch out

Sense 1
find out, catch out -- (trap; especially in an error or in a reprehensible act; "He was caught out"; "She was found out when she tried to cash the stolen checks")
       => detect, observe, find, discover, notice -- (discover or determine the existence, presence, or fact of; "She detected high levels of lead in her drinking water"; "We found traces of lead in the paint")