catch the sun

catch the sun (third-person singular simple present catches the sun, present participle catching the sun, simple past and past participle caught the sun)

1. (idiomatic) To become sunburned.
2. (idiomatic) To reflect light from the sun.

   A coin on the ground caught the sun and I stooped to pick it up.

3. To be in a sunny position.

   The sunflowers will catch the sun if they are planted there.

• “catch the sun”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.