everywhere very quickly.

The new dance has caught on like wildfire in all the popular clubs.

Scandal spreads like wildfire around this office.

Etymology: based on the literal meaning of wildfire (= a fire that burns out of control)

• catch-as-catch-can
• catch breath
• catch cold
• catch dead to rights
• catch death!
• catch death of cold!
• catch eye
• catch hell
• catch in the act
• catch it
• catch napping
• catch off guard
• catch on the hop
• catch red-handed
• catch sight of
• catch sight of someone
• catch sight of something
• catch someone cold
• catch someone dead to rights
• catch someone in the act
• catch someone off guard
• catch someone on the hop
• catch someone red-handed
• catch someone's eye
• catch someone with fingers in the till