Question

I almost caught the critter, but it got away from me.

Accepted Answer

(with from when used with an object) To avoid capturehttps://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/capture; to escapehttps://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/escape (from).

Sentence	I almost caught the critter, but it got away from me.
Definition	(with from when used with an object) To avoid capture https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/capture ; to escape https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/escape (from).

I Caught Critter Object Avoid