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catch up with

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. overtake, catch, catch up withverb

    catch up with and possibly overtake

    "The Rolls Royce caught us near the exit ramp"

  2. make up, catch up withverb

    make up work that was missed due to absence at a later point

    "I have to make up a French exam"; "Can I catch up with the material or is it too late?"

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  1. catch up with

    To "catch up with" generally refers to reaching the same level or position as someone or something else, often after a period of delay or deficiency. It can also mean meeting or communicating with someone to discuss recent events or changes after not seeing or talking to them for some time. In another context, it can refer to the negative consequences of one's actions eventually affecting them. The specific meaning depends on the context it is used.

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of catch up with in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of catch up with in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of catch up with in a Sentence

  1. Zach Miko:

    Modeling has changed my life, modeling never was even thought of as an option. It wasn’t even a conceivable notion. My biggest focus in modeling is to try to make it available to anyone who loves it. The men’s industry is definitely playing catch up with women’s industry as far as diversity and inclusion goes.

  2. Anthony Fauci:

    I'm pretty confident that as we gain more and more momentum, as we transition from December to January and then February to March, I believe we will catch up with the projection.

  3. Andreas Schleicher:

    Turkey still has a long way to catch up with the industrialized world in education. But if you just look at the amount of change that has happened, both on quality and equity, that's still remarkable.

  4. Mary Rosser:

    I tell my teenage patients to think of their changing bodies like thermometers, when you increase the temperature of a thermometer, it takes awhile for the heat to catch up with the dial. Similarly, it takes awhile for your body to catch up when your hormones are changing rapidly, so you may see irregular cyclesduring this time.

  5. Donald Trump Charles Franklin:

    Bottom line is it looks likely that Kasich and Christie stay in and that Perry's out, and Perry has a fair bit to make up to catch up with either.


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