catch oneself on
phraseUK /ˌkæt͡ʃ ˌwʌnsɛlf ˈɒn/ · US /ˌkɛt͡ʃ ˌwʌnsɛlf ˈɑn/
Etymology See catch on.
1
Imperative, Informal To cause (oneself) to get or regain a proper appreciation of a situation; to behave in the expected, sensible way; to stop fooling around or being silly.
Ireland (especially Northern Ireland)
- Big Pat's still wearing his hair like two floppy ears on a dog. He's amazing: wouldn't you think his wife or someone would tell him to catch himself on.2011, Colin Neill, “Behind Every Man …”, in Turas: A Story of Strangers in a Strange Land, Kibworth Beauchamp, Leicester: Matador, Troubador Publishing, →ISBN, page 68:
- Related terms
- catch on