Also,
get it. Receive a punishment or scolding, as in If I forget anything on the shopping list, I'll catch it, or I'm really going to get it when I turn in my paper late. [Colloquial; early 1800s]
catch it
| Idioms: catch it |
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The verb has one meaning:
Meaning #1:
receive punishment; be scolded or reprimanded
| Shopping: catch it |
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