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Catch napping

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  1. 1
    To surprise; to take advantage of the lack of watchfulness of. idiomatic, transitive

    "The rout started after four minutes when Chelsea were caught napping by Kevin De Bruyne's quick free-kick which left Raheem Sterling to fire in at the far post before Aguero, who had already missed an open goal, curled a magnificent right-foot finish past the stretching Kepa Arrizabalaga from 25 yards."

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