make someone hard to catch

Verb

colloquial dated empty-gloss no-gloss

(colloquial, dated)

Japanese Meaning

誰かを捕まえにくい状態にする / 口語的で古風な表現として、相手が捕らえ難くなるように仕向ける

Her coy behavior would make someone hard to catch, but her letters revealed a different heart.

彼女の気取った振る舞いは、彼女をつかまえにくくしていたが、手紙は別の心を示していた。

Sense（1）

(colloquial, dated)

I hope that we have no such men in Local No. 163. If we have, we will make them hard to catch when we find them out.

makes someone hard to catch

（ present singular third-person ）

making someone hard to catch

（ participle present ）

made someone hard to catch

（ participle past ）

made someone hard to catch

（ past ）