ALL meanings of catch up
catch up
C c - phrasal verb catch up If you catch up with someone who is in front of you, you reach them by walking faster than they are walking. 3
- phrasal verb catch up To catch up with someone means to reach the same standard, stage, or level that they have reached. 3
- phrasal verb catch up If you catch up on an activity that you have not had much time to do recently, you spend time doing it. 3
- phrasal verb catch up If you catch up on friends who you have not seen for some time or on their lives, you talk to them and find out what has happened in their lives since you last talked together. 3
- phrasal verb catch up If you are caught up in something, you are involved in it, usually unwillingly. 3
- verb catch up to seize and take up (something) quickly 3
- verb catch up to reach or pass (someone or something), after following 3
- verb catch up to make up for lost ground or deal with a backlog (in some specified task or activity) 3
- verb catch up to absorb or involve 3
- verb catch up to raise by or as if by fastening 3
- noun catch up to take or lift up suddenly; seize; snatch 3
- noun catch up to show to be in error 3
- noun catch up to come up even, as by hurrying or by extra work; overtake 3
- noun catch up to fasten in loops 3
- adjective catch up of or having to do with catching up 3
- noun catch up the act of catching. 1
- noun catch up anything that catches, especially a device for checking motion, as a latch on a door. 1
- noun catch up any tricky or concealed drawback: It seems so easy that there must be a catch somewhere. 1
- noun catch up a slight, momentary break or crack in the voice. 1
- noun catch up that which is caught, as a quantity of fish: The fisherman brought home a large catch. 1
- noun catch up a person or thing worth getting, especially a person regarded as a desirable matrimonial prospect: My mother thinks Pat would be quite a catch. 1
- noun catch up a game in which a ball is thrown from one person to another: to play catch; to have a catch. 1
- noun catch up a fragment: catches of a song. 1
- noun catch up Music. a round, especially one in which the words are so arranged as to produce ludicrous effects. 1
- noun catch up Sports. the catching and holding of a batted or thrown ball before it touches the ground. 1
- noun catch up Rowing. the first part of the stroke, consisting of the placing of the oar into the water. 1
- noun catch up Agriculture. the establishment of a crop from seed: a catch of clover. 1
- adjective catch up catchy (def 3). 1
- idioms catch up catch a crab, (in rowing) to bungle a stroke by failing to get the oar into the water at the beginning or by failing to withdraw it properly at the end. 1
- idioms catch up catch a turn, Nautical. to wind a rope around a bitt, capstan, etc., for one full turn. 1
- idioms catch up catch it, Informal. to receive a reprimand or punishment: He'll catch it from his mother for tearing his good trousers again. 1
- verb with object catch up to seize or capture, especially after pursuit: to catch a criminal; to catch a runaway horse. 1
- verb with object catch up to trap or ensnare: to catch a fish. 1
- verb with object catch up to intercept and seize; take and hold (something thrown, falling, etc.): to catch a ball; a barrel to catch rain. 1
- verb with object catch up to come upon suddenly; surprise or detect, as in some action: I caught him stealing the pumpkin. 1
- verb with object catch up to receive, incur, or contract: to catch a cold. 1
- verb with object catch up to be in time to get aboard (a train, boat, etc.). 1
- verb with object catch up to lay hold of; grasp; clasp: He caught her arm. 1
- verb with object catch up to grip, hook, or entangle: The closing door caught his arm. 1
- verb with object catch up to allow (something) to become gripped, hooked, snagged, or entangled: He caught his coat on a nail. 1
- verb with object catch up to attract or arrest: The painting caught his fancy. His speech caught our attention. 1
- verb with object catch up to check or restrain suddenly (often used reflexively): She caught her breath in surprise. He caught himself before he said the wrong thing. 1
- verb with object catch up to see or attend: to catch a show. 1
- verb with object catch up to strike; hit: The blow caught him on the head. 1
- verb with object catch up to become inspired by or aware of: I caught the spirit of the occasion. 1
- verb with object catch up to fasten with or as if with a catch: to catch the clasp on a necklace. 1
- verb with object catch up to deceive: No one was caught by his sugary words. 1
- verb with object catch up to attract the attention of; captivate; charm: She was caught by his smile and good nature. 1
- verb with object catch up to grasp with the intellect; comprehend: She failed to catch his meaning. 1
- verb with object catch up to hear clearly: We caught snatches of their conversation. 1