catches up (with)

Definition of catches up (with)next
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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Recent Examples of Synonyms for catches up (with)
Verb
  • As for the transfers, Rogers (33 catches for 441 yards in 2025) will assuredly be put to work as one of only two receivers on the team with more than three career starts.
    Manny Navarro, New York Times, 6 Mar. 2026
  • Perez nearly has one of her own, but Vestal catches the flyball at the warning track.
    Caleb Yum, Austin American Statesman, 6 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • Paranoia overtakes several players who vie for protection.
    Tiney Ricciardi, Denver Post, 3 Mar. 2026
  • When exhaustion overtakes them, something more sinister comes creeping from the shadows.
    Patrick Brzeski, HollywoodReporter, 15 Feb. 2026
Verb
  • In the film, when mobster Marsellus Wallace sees Bruce Willis’ boxer character Butch crossing the street — after Butch defied Wallace’s orders to throw a match — Wallace chases Butch into a pawnshop.
    Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 6 Mar. 2026
  • The human cost is painfully clear; our parents and grandparents cycle in and out of hospitals, receiving reactive medicine that chases one condition after another rather than addressing the underlying cause.
    Andrew S. Brack, Time, 26 Feb. 2026
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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 10 Mar. 2026.

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