"catch some rays" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: en-au-catch some rays.ogg [Australia] Forms: catches some rays [present, singular, third-person], catching some rays [participle, present], caught some rays [participle, past], caught some rays [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|catch<,,caught> some rays}} catch some rays (third-person singular simple present catches some rays, present participle catching some rays, simple past and past participle caught some rays)
  1. (idiomatic) To sunbathe. Tags: idiomatic
    Sense id: en-catch_some_rays-en-verb-D9vJxs6K Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for catch some rays meaning in English (2.0kB)

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