catch with one's pants down

[catch with one's pants down] {v. phr.}, {slang} To surprise someone in an embarrassing position or guilty act.

/They thought they could succeed in the robbery, but they got caught with their pants down./

/When the weather turned hot in May, the drive-in restaurant was caught with its pants down, and ran out of ice cream before noon./

Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms

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	catch ³⁴ embarrassment ⁵ {slang} ⁵⁹⁵ {v. phr.} ²¹⁸⁸


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