caught unaware



caught unaware(s)

surprised and unprepared. Sorry. You startled me when you came up behind me. I was caught unaware. The clerk was caught unawares, and the robber emptied out the cash register before the clerk could sound the alarm.
See also: caught

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
&Aelig;&Eth;Elfri&Eth;-Anglo-Saxon
JaynaJAY-nəEnglish (Rare)
FredrikFRED-rik (Swedish), FRED-reek (Finnish)Swedish, Norwegian, Finnish
Merit (2)-Swedish
Hande-Turkish
Uzzi-Biblical, Hebrew, Biblical Hebrew