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Phoebe's surprised response

so Mike gives it another shot and says do you think maybe sometime I could take you out Phoebe in a funny way responds oh you just caught me off guard yeah that would be nice no...

Course: Idioms from TVSection: Catch someone off guardSubtitles: en

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out

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so Mike gives it another shot and says

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do you think maybe sometime I could take

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you out Phoebe in a funny way responds

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oh you just caught me off guard yeah

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that would be

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nice now let's talk about the meaning of

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this

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idiom the idiom catch someone off guard

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means to surprise or shock someone by

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doing or saying something unexpected

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often when they are not ready for it

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so Phoebe says caught me off guard when

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Mike asks her out but she's pretending

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to be surprised

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