catch up (with)

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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  • But that’s why the piece decrying a (for now) defunct U.S. Senate bill to sell some of our public lands to the highest bidder caught my eye.
    Joanna Allhands, AZCentral.com, 15 Aug. 2025
  • Those performances for Santa Fe caught the attention of Fluminense, one of the giants of Brazilian football.
    Steve Madeley, New York Times, 15 Aug. 2025
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  • Such techniques will overtake models which are created using conventional scaling.
    Vipin Bharathan, Forbes.com, 6 Aug. 2025
  • Olivia also held the top spot in the U.S. in 2023, 2022, and 2021, overtaking Sophia, which until then had claimed the most popular girls' name.
    Rachael O'Connor, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Aug. 2025
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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 20 Aug. 2025.

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