catch red handed

Meaning

1. Editorial100% of films

   to catch sb in the act of doing sth wrong or committing a crime

   - Who are you? - I've caught him red-handed.

   Woogie. I caught you red-handed.

In the movies · 2

• Woogie. I caught you red-handed.There's Something About Mary1998
• - Who are you? - I've caught him red-handed.Trading Places1983
• You catch this motherfucker red-handed, we gotta take him alive.Law Abiding Citizen2009
• I'm gonna catch Gant red-handed, breaking the law...How the West Was Won1962
• We're just gonna have to go down there and catch those thieves red-handed.The Great Muppet Caper1981
• The only way is to catch him red-handed, to catch him in such a way that there's no escape, no alibi.The Hound of the Baskervilles1939

Learn it in full scenes

• There's Something About Mary1998
  • Ted Asks Mary to the Prom
  • Ted Asks Mary to the Prom
  • Ted Meets Mary's Family

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