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catch someone in the act
find someone doing wrong
To find someone while they are doing something wrong or illegal.
Hear it in real life
How did you know who ate the cake?
I caught Tom in the act.
The shop owner caught the teenager in the act of stealing.
The mistake everyone makes
Not: I caught him in the action of stealing.
Say: I caught him in the act of stealing.
The fixed expression is "in the act," not "in the action," when someone is discovered doing something wrong.
Build it
How it fits in a sentence.
catch someone in the act of doing something; caught someone in the act
Your turn: say it out loud
The shop owner caught the teenager in the act of stealing.
Say it out loud two or three times, until it feels like yours.
catch someone in the act
find someone doing wrong
“The shop owner caught the teenager in the act of stealing.”
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