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catch up (三人称単数 現在形 catches up, 現在分詞 catching up, 過去形および過去分詞形 caught up)

1. (transitive) To pick up suddenly.
   • 1913, Willa Cather, O Pioneers!, chapter 3:

     Oscar stopped the horses and waved to Carl, who caught up his hat and ran through the melon patch to join them.

2. (transitive) To entangle.

   The speaker wires have got caught up with the wires from the lights.

3. (intransitive) To be brought up to date with news.

   I hadn't seen her for so long. It was great to catch up.

4. (transitive) To bring (someone) up to date with the news.

   After Alice's vacation, her boss caught her up on policy changes.

5. (transitive, intransitive) To reach something that had been ahead.

   Rose was three seconds behind, but managed to catch up with the race leader and eventually won.

   I'll go ahead and you can catch me up later.

   • 1973 March 1, Roger Waters (lyrics かつ music), “Time”, in The Dark Side of the Moon, performed by Pink Floyd:

     But you run / And you run to catch up with the sun / But it's sinking

7. (intransitive) To compensate for or make up a deficiency.
8. (intransitive) To finally reach something inevitable.
   • 2008, Bardas Benetbunk, Musings of One Thousand and One Nights of Solitude (page 61)

     You are reminded that old age is catching up with you each time you read in the newspaper that another athlete whom you idolized when you were young just passed away.

   • 2012 June 17, Nathan Rabin, “TV: Review: THE SIMPSONS (CLASSIC): “Homer’s Triple Bypass” (season 4, episode 11; originally aired 12/17/1992)”, in The Onion AV Club‎^[1]:

     The episode begins with a lifetime of junk food, beer and no exercise catching up with Homer in the form of painful heart contractions.

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catch up (countable かつ uncountable, 複数形 catch ups)

1. Alternative spelling of catch-up