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play catch-up

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  1. play catch-upverb

    In a losing scenario, to take risks in an attempt to regain the lead.

    "We're now having to play catch-up," says the Mayor. "What are we now, five years on from the original announcement? It's probably going to take us another six months to present a business case to government to allow us to make the platform improvements and make sure the knock-on effects to the wider network are taken into account because that has to be costed as well."

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of play catch-up in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of play catch-up in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of play catch-up in a Sentence

  1. Jay Lee:

    Some people delay contributing to retirement because they still have student debts, but a bigger reason is they think retirement is far away, but if they wait too long to start, they might need to play catch up or plan a later retirement.

  2. Meredith Raimondi:

    It is a perfect storm. It is really highlighting the barriers that Indian country faces every day, it is so chronically underfunded that everyone is starting from beyond. States are trying to play catch up and tribes are playing double catching up.

  3. Ohio Gov. John Kasich:

    You can't play catch-up here (in New Hampshire), you can't play catchup with an organization, you can't play catchup with town halls. You just can't.

  4. Maria Sharapova:

    If I lose every match I'm still happy to be out there doing what I love, i just want to play as much as possible. I kind of almost want to play catch-up.

  5. Daniel Green:

    The market is having to play catch-up to SoftBank. ... They are analyzing dozens and dozens of investments.


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