"He might be able to keep that story from going out on the morning news- shows if we catch it in time."

I started to say the words but caught myself in time.

Did the man fall through, or catch himself in time?

Perhaps that was enough, and they had caught it in time.

He started to ask how it got there, but caught himself in time.

If she did that, would he catch her in time?

She'd almost said my son's body, but caught herself in time.

Which would have been terrible 1 I caught myself in time.

But I like it when we catch each other in real time.

It's the only possible way to catch them in time.