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catch-up
[ kach-uhp ]
noun
- an effort to reach or pass a norm, especially after a period of delay:
After the slowdown there was a catch-up in production.
- an effort to catch up with or surpass a competitor, as in a sports contest.
- an instance of catching up.
adjective
- intended to keep up with or surpass a norm or competitor:
a catch-up pay raise to offset inflation.
catch up
verb
- tr to seize and take up (something) quickly
- whenintr, often foll by with to reach or pass (someone or something), after following
he soon caught him up
- intr; usually foll by on or with to make up for lost ground or deal with a backlog (in some specified task or activity)
- tr; often passive to absorb or involve
she was caught up in her reading
- tr to raise by or as if by fastening
the hem of her dress was caught up with ribbons
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of catch-up1
Idioms and Phrases
- play catch-up, Informal. to make a special effort to overcome a late start, a liability, or the advantage a competitor has:
After Russia launched the first space satellite, other countries had to play catch-up.
Example Sentences
Maybe his catch-up session with Frank left him too dazed to remember the need for a very basic Plan 101 conversation?
And it’s as hilariously unplanned as you’d expect from two dudes who can make a catch-up session between friends feel like a fever dream.
But the region is still playing catch-up after an exceptionally dry start to the water year, which began Oct.
Another is whether Norris can deliver on his ambition to mount a season-long title challenge from the off, rather than having to play catch-up - which he had to try to do last year because McLaren did not start on Red Bull's level.
Meanwhile, cinematographer Joe Passarelli moves the camera like it’s playing catch-up, using pans to show us that Paul isn’t aware of anything that’s not right in front of his face.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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