Phrasal Verbs
- 1to finally start to cause problems for someone after they have managed to avoid this for some time She was terrified that one day her old problems would catch up with her.
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- 2if the police or authorities catch up with someone, they find and punish them after some time The law caught up with him years later when he had moved to Spain.