catch up (with)

Definition of catch up (with)next
as in to catch
to move fast enough to get even with I walked faster to catch up with my friends

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  • Running back Jonathon Brooks, who is returning from back-to-back ACL surgeries on his right knee, caught a pass across the middle from Young and blazed down the field through traffic.
    Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Observer, 11 June 2026
  • All day, the spokespeople for the city and the arena sniped at each other in statements about the security around MSG and the fate of a watch party caught in the snares.
    Hannah Keyser, CNN Money, 11 June 2026
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  • With roughly 1,390 ballots still outstanding, the race remained unsettled, though Ortiz would need to win more than three-quarters of the remaining ballots to overtake him in a contest that has remained neck-and-neck.
    Daniel Lempres, Sacbee.com, 13 June 2026
  • And this comes at a time when Anthropic has overtaken OpenAI in Enterprise Adoption.
    Sandy Carter, Forbes.com, 13 June 2026
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“Catch up (with).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/catch%20up%20%28with%29. Accessed 14 Jun. 2026.

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