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catch a body
 v. phr.— «Bell added in his statement that they had the intention of “catching a body, but it wasn’t. We didn’t go downtown to catch a body, only Arthur did.” The street term, “to catch a body,” refers to knocking someone down with a punch.» —“Victim just random ‘jump’” by Julie Shaw Philadelphia Daily News (Pennsylvania) June 12, 2008. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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