# catch a packet

idiom

Source: https://englishreference.com/idiom/catch-a-packet
Updated: 2026-08-10

## Meaning

To be fired upon.

## Examples

- The soldiers had to hide or they would catch a packet.
- As they crossed the open field, the unit came under heavy fire and caught a packet.
- The infantrymen realized they had walked into an ambush when they caught a packet from the hidden machine gun nests.

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