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catch someone napping Definition


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nap1
noun
    1. A short sleep.
      Thesaurus: siesta, rest, sleep, snooze (slang), catnap, forty winks (slang), shuteye (slang).
verb
    intr
    napped, napping
    1. To have a nap.
      Thesaurus: ), nod off, doze, rest, sleep, snooze.
Idiom: catch someone napping
    colloq
    To find them unprepared or off-guard.
Etymology: Anglo-Saxon hnappian.



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