Collocation
catch a flight
to get on an airplane in time for its departure
Definition
'catch a flight' is a common English collocation. to get on an airplane in time for its departure
catch + a + flight
“We have to leave now if we want to catch a flight to Chicago.”
Examples
- If we leave by five, we can catch a flight before the storm hits.
- She caught a flight to Madrid right after the conference ended.
- I almost missed the bus, but I still managed to catch a flight that night.
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- They left the meeting early to catch a flight out of Newark.
- Do you think we can catch a flight with only forty minutes to get through security?
- He had to run across the terminal to catch his flight to Seattle.
- After the delay, we missed our connection and couldn’t catch a flight until the next morning.
- To catch a flight at dawn, we set three alarms and ordered a taxi for 4:30.
- She hurried through baggage drop so she wouldn’t miss the chance to catch a flight to Tokyo.
More verb + determiner + nouns
- make a decision to choose what to do after thinking about different options
- make a mistake to do something wrong or incorrectly
- join a meeting to enter and take part in a scheduled meeting, especially an online one
- make an excuse to invent or give a reason (often not true) to avoid doing something or to explain a mistake
- make a mess to create a dirty, untidy, or disorganized situation; to spill, scatter, or cause disorder