Catch Up

Definition: Catch Up

Catch Up

Verb

1. Reach a the point where one should be after a delay; "I caught up on my homework".

2. Learn belatedly; find out about something after it happened.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Taking

Snap up, nip up, whip up, catch up; kidnap, crimp, capture, lay violent hands on.

Crosswords: Catch Up

Do you think maybe you wanna maybe, I don't know, go out to dinner, you know, catch up on old times? (There's Something About Mary; writing credit: Ed Decter; John J. Strauss)

I am a bomb technician, if you see me running, try to catch up! (The Sum of All Fears; writing credit: Paul Attanasio)

We'll never catch up with those horses! (Willow; writing credit: Bob Dolman; George Lucas)

When you live for a while of time, your past significant events catch up with you. (The Outer Limits; writing credit: Harlan Ellison)

Oh, well, maybe when we catch up you could do me. (Friends; writing credit: Jörn O. Jensen; Birger Larsen)

So lay back and listen as I catch up on my pimpin' (Funkdafied; performing artist: Da Brat)

Is gonna catch up with your heart (Love will turn; performing artist: Kenny Rogers)

We got things we gotta catch up on (Cherry Cherry; performing artist: Neil Diamond)

And catch up on the front page morning news (This Everyday Love; performing artist: Rascal Flatts)

The sooner you fall behind, the more time you'll have to catch up. (references; author: unknown)

Catch Up (1978)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Books

• Catch Up, Little Cheetah! (Lift-the-Flap Books) (reference)

• Ketchup, Catch Up! (Golden Look-Look Books) (reference)

• The Sidetracked Sisters Catch Up on the Kitchen (reference)

  (more book examples)

Music

• Catch up with the Blues (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Business

This is a reflection of China's efforts to catch up with the latest technology development in the world. (references)

Capital and operational constraints will likely force smaller engineering companies to form joint ventures and consortiums to catch up with the larger companies. (references)

Compaq stood third in terms of unit sales but was second after HCL. However, with decreasing prices and declining customs duty it will not be long before the MNCs catch up with local players. (references)

Economic History

India

This euphoria is expected to continue for at least half of this decade, as India races ahead to catch up with the rest of the world. (references)

Pakistan

Pakistan's information technology sector under the direction of an energetic minister is trying to catch up. The government is keen on introducing virtual universities and distance learning. (references)

Vietnam

While there is currently a sense of optimism about Vietnam's economic future, the choice is up to the Vietnamese government whether it wants to continue to generate low or moderate rates of growth or whether it wants to generate rapid growth and catch up and exceed the levels of development reached by many neighboring economies. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expressions using "catch up": catch up on ♦ catch up on a backlog of one's work ♦ catch up sleep ♦ catch up with ♦ catch up with smb. ♦ To catch up ♦ To catch up with. Additional references.

Albanian

vë në vend (emplace, expiate, make good, make up, push on, put back, reset, set), teproj (be left over, exaggerate, overact, overdo, overstate, pile it on, remain), kap (affect, apprehend, arrest, attack, avail oneself of, captivate, capture, catch, catch on, catch out, clasp, clutch, cop, embrace, gain, get, get hold of, grab, grapple, grasp, grip, gripe, handle, have, hitch, hold, hook, intercept, nab, nail, nip, nobble, overcome, overtake, pick up, pinch, reach, rummage out, seize, snap, snatch, soak up, swoop, tackle, take, track down, unhang), jepem i tëri, hutohem pas, arrij (achieve, aggregate, amount, appear, arrive, attain, catch, come, come at, come off, develop, end up, exact, gain, gain on, get, get along, get around, get at, get down, get on, get through, go in for, grow up, hit, make, obtain, overreach, overtake, reach, run up, seek for, steal, succeed, take, take care, top, total, touch). (various references)

Arabic 

‏ألحق ب (catch up on, go in, join, overtake). (various references)

Bulgarian 

усвоявам (acquire, adopt, assimilate, digest, master, naturalize, take up), грабвам (grab, nip, snap up, snatch, steal away, take off, waltz off with, whip away, whip off, whip up, whisk), настигам (catch, gain on, gain upon, overhaul, overtake, ride down), прекъсвам (break in, break off, cease, cut, discontinue, halt, intercept, interpose, interrupt, open, pretermit, quit, release, stop, switch off, throw out). (various references)

Chinese 

赶 (drive away, hurry). (various references)

Czech

uchvátit (carry away, electrify, enthral, enthrall, fascinate, grip, ravish, usurp). (various references)

Finnish

saada kiinni. (various references)

French

couper la parole � , retenir (carry), rattraper (catch again). (various references)

German

nachholen (fetch over, make up, rectification, rectify), hochstecken (pin up, put up), hochheben (elevate, elevation, fork up, heave, heaved, heft, hoist, hold up, hove, lift, lift up, pick up, put up, raise, to elevate, to raise, upheavals, uplift), einholen (gain on, gain upon, haul down, haul in, lower, make good, make up, obtain, overtake, overtaking, pull in, reel in, ride down, take down, wind in), aufschließen (break down, close up, develop, elucidate, open, open up, unlock), aufholen (catch up on, haul up, make up, make-up-for, pull up, recover lost ground, regain, to catch up). (various references)

Greek 

φθάνω (arrive, attain, come, come on, come through, come up to, get, get in, make, reach). (various references)

Hebrew 

ל�'מור (catch up on, cease, complete, conclude, end, finish, terminate). (various references)

Hungarian

elkap (catch, pin down, snap, to catch up, to collar, to cop, to gaff, to grab at, to grab for, to grab hold of, to nab, to nail, to snap, to snatch). (various references)

Italian

rimontare (date back, go back, go up, move up, reassemble), raggiungere (achieve, arrive, arrive at, attain, carry, catch, fetch, get, get to, hit, join, obtain, overtake, reach, rejoin). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

追い着く (to catch up, to overtake), 追いつく (to catch up, to overtake), 追い付く (to catch up, to overtake). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

おいつく (to catch up, to overtake). (various references)

Pig Latin

atchcay upay

Portuguese

apanhar rapidamente, alcançar (accomplish, achieve, acquire, arrive, attain, come, compass, comprehend, earn, fetch, gain, get, get around, go, obtain, overtake, reach, reach for, run down, touch, understand). (various references)

Romanian

ajunge din urmã (come up with, overhaul, overtake). (various references)

Russian 

нагнать (overtake), догнать (overtake, regain, run down). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

sustići, stići (arrive, come, get, get in, pull in, reach, reach out), nadoknaditi (compensate, make good, make it up, make up, make up for, make up to, recompense, recoup, recover, redeem, reimburse), dostići (achieve, come to, make, reach), biti upleten. (various references)

Spanish

cubrir los atrasos, recuperar (get back, hold, light out, make up for, reclaim, recoup, recover, recuperate, regain, retrieve, undelete), proponerse al día, ponerse al nivel de los demás, ponerse al corriente, poner al día (enter up, update, write up), obtener maestría en, llegar al nivel de los demás, llegar al nivel de, llegar al maestría, entender (believe, comprehend, cotton on, figure up, get, grasp, hear, infer, intend, interpret, make out, mean, realise, realize, think, understand), emparejar (even, match, match up, mate, pair, twin), asir (captivate, capture, catch, catch at, catch in, clench, clutch, grab, grapple, grasp, grip, seize, snatch, tackle, take, touch), alcanzar (accomplish, achieve, acquire, add up to, amount, arrive at, attain, carry, catch up with, come up with, do, gain, get, get at, hit, jockey, last out, make up on, obtain, overhaul, overtake, reach, throw in, throw out, touch, win, win through). (various references)

Swedish

hinna i kapp. (various references)

Turkish

yetişmek (catch, catch up on, come up with, draw up, equal, grow, hand up, keep up with, overtake, pull up, pull up to, pull up with, reach, run smb. close), kapıp kaçmak, geri kalmamak, etkilemek (affect, cast a spell on, concern, dictate, enamor, enamour, enthral, enthrall, glamor, glamour, grip, impinge, impress, imprint, influence, inthral, lead, militate, operate, prepossess, reach, smite, spell, spellbind, sway, thrill, touch, turn, turn smb.'s head), donatmak (arm, attire, bedeck, bedight, damask, deck out, decorate, equip, furnish, gird, invest, ornament, outfit, prank, prank out, prank up, rig, rig out, turn out), bilgilendirmek (instruct), büyülemek (allure, bedazzle, beguile, bewitch, captivate, cast a spell on, charm, conjure, daze, dazzle, enamor, enamour, enchant, enthral, enthrall, entrance, fascinate, glamor, glamorize, glamour, hypnotize, inthral, spell, spellbind, voodoo, witch). (various references)

Ukrainian

наздогнати (catch, overtake), підхопити, підняти, переривати (break, chop, intercept, intermit, interrupt), перейняти. (various references)

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: catchup.

-2 letters: caput, catch, chapt, cutch, patch.

-3 letters: caph, chap, chat, haut, pact, path, phat, phut, tach.

-4 letters: act, apt, cap, cat, cup, cut, hap, hat, hup, hut, pac, pah, pat, pht, put, tap, tau, tup, uta.

-5 letters: ah, at, ha, pa, ta, uh, up, ut.

+1 letter: catchups.

+3 letters: parachutic.