idiom
caught in a catch-22
KAWT in ah KACH-twen-tee-TOO
kɔːt ɪn ə ˌkætʃ twɛntiˈtuːListen
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Syllable breakdown
caughtinacatch22
Dictionary meaning
trapped in a paradoxical situation where the solution to a problem depends on a condition that the problem itself prevents
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