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gen. overtake (врасплох); nab (Anglophile); walk in on (someone doing something - кого-либо за каким-либо занятием: I walked in on my daughter kissing the boy next door. • I was probably 17 years old and walked in on my friend playing with Legos. • I walked in on friend's little brother as he was putting some of his mum's concealer powder on his butt. • The court found Sister Abhaya had walked in on them while they were engaging in a sex act in the kitchen, and killed her to conceal their sins. • Rochester Police Chief Cynthia Herriott-Sullivan said two officers responding to that call walked in on the robbery in progress. 4uzhoj); catch (unawares); take by surprise; catch up
Gruzovik surprise (pf of застигать); take unawares (pf of застигать); catch (pf of застигать)
law catch somebody in the act (Ivan Pisarev); get somebody busted with the guns (Ivan Pisarev); catch somebody at the crime scene (Ivan Pisarev); catch somebody's finger on the trigger (Ivan Pisarev); capture (Ivan Pisarev); apprehend (Ivan Pisarev)
Makarov. catch someone out; take unawares
застичь v
gen. catch (unawares); take by surprise; reach (sb.)
Gruzovik take unawares (pf of застигать); catch (pf of застигать); surprise (pf of застигать)
Makarov. take unawares
застигнуть: 44 phrases in 8 subjects
American usage, not spelling1
General21
Idiomatic1
Informal1
Law2
Makarov16
Military1
Military lingo1