catches up (with)

present tense third-person singular of catch up (with)
as in catches
to move fast enough to get even with I walked faster to catch up with my friends

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Verb
  • Alphonse Pierre’s Off the Dome column covers songs, mixtapes, albums, scenes, snippets, movies, Meek Mill tweets, fashion trends—and anything else that catches his attention.
    Alphonse Pierre, Pitchfork, 23 Oct. 2025
  • The six catches ties for second-most in a game for Mims in his career.
    Parker Gabriel, Denver Post, 21 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • But director Kurtis David Harder (Influencer) imbues the proceedings with a slow-boiling paranoid energy that slowly overtakes the film.
    Samantha Allen, Them., 7 Oct. 2025
  • Another task, another job, becomes unavoidable when an explosion of cats and kittens overtakes the property.
    Rebecca van Laer September 30, Literary Hub, 30 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Los Angeles chases a repeat and a third championship since 2020 while Toronto arrives to the Fall Classic for the first time in 32 years.
    Tim Crowley, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Oct. 2025
  • More money chases the same market, and some people start paying more.
    Lee Ying Shan, CNBC, 19 Oct. 2025
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“Catches up (with).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/catches%20up%20%28with%29. Accessed 26 Oct. 2025.

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