catch something from somebody

Why can't he ever catch a break from the press?

What in the world do you think you're going to catch from him now?

Thus, you can catch a cold from someone who does not yet know he or she has one.

It had caught on with the security staff and from them to the others.

But it is probably not something you catch from another person.

The light caught him three cars back from the turn.

He reached out and caught a small fish from the water, giving it to her.

I caught some of that worry from them and held back.

They caught the lead group about two miles from the finish.

In October 1996, the building caught fire from a research project.