CAUGHT UP (WITH) Synonyms: 10 Similar and Opposite Words

caught up (with)

verb

past tense of catch up (with)

as in caught

to move fast enough to get even with I walked faster to catch up with my friends

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fell short

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The breaches signal that AI’s expanding capabilities are already fueling the security threat experts long feared and even top developers can be caught off-guard by flaws their models can exploit.

— Reuters, NBC news, 31 July 2026
Samuel with Washington in 2025 caught 72 passes for 727 yards and scored six total touchdowns, and never signed an extension after his contract ran out.

— Chris Biderman, Sacbee.com, 31 July 2026

Definition of caught

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As the novel coronavirus overtook daily life, in the spring of 2020, our celebrities occupied uneasy terrain.

— Molly Fischer, New Yorker, 4 Aug. 2026
Graham Platner—who was running competitively in polls against Susan Collins, the Republican senator from Maine, before scandals overtook him—preceded El-Sayed as the movement’s cause célèbre.

— Jonathan Chait, The Atlantic, 30 July 2026

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