Complete Definition of "caught in the act"

English

Verb
caught in the act

  1. idiom To be found doing something that you weren't supposed to be doing, while you're doing it.

#: Previously, he blamed his brother for drawing on the walls but when he was caught in the act, he could deny it no longer.

Translations

French: pris sur le fait
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Russian: пойман на ме��е п�е���плени� (pojmán na méste prestuplénija), пойма�� � поли�н�м|пойман � поли�н�м (pojmán s polí�nym)
Spanish: con las manos en la masa

id:caught in the act

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