catch wreck

English

Etymology

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Verb

catch wreck (third-person singular simple present catches wreck, present participle catching wreck, simple past and past participle caught wreck)

  1. (African-American Vernacular) To gain respect.
    • 2016, Tamara Ebo, Tears of Purpose
      They said it was some girls and boys from the Perry's who came through and caught wreck with the Downtown boys and they girls.
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