"understand trap" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: understands trap [present, singular, third-person], understanding trap [participle, present], understood trap [participle, past], understood trap [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|understand<,,understood> trap}} understand trap (third-person singular simple present understands trap, present participle understanding trap, simple past and past participle understood trap)
  1. (slang, obsolete) To be conscious of any trickery; to be alert to one's own interests, to know what's going on. Tags: obsolete, slang
    Sense id: en-understand_trap-en-verb-Dzvd-GoX Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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