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Definition of catch up phrasal verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

catch up

phrasal verb
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catch up (on something)
  1. to find out about things that have happened
    • We spent the evening catching up (on each other's news).
catch up (with somebody)
(British English also catch somebody up)
  1. to reach somebody who is ahead by going faster
    • Go on ahead. I'll catch up with you.
    • I'll catch you up.
  2. to reach the same level or standard as somebody who was better or more advanced
    • After missing a term through illness, he had to work hard to catch up with the others.
See catch up in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

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