CAUGHT UP Synonyms: 104 Similar and Opposite Words

caught up

verb

Definition of caught up next

past tense of catch up

as in trapped

to catch or hold as if in a net a young idealist who got caught up in the political fanaticism of the times

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as in fascinated

to hold the attention of as if by a spell completely caught up in opera ever since he saw La Traviata

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as in interested

to hold the attention of so caught up in the game that she didn't note the passage of time

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as in informed

to give information to catch me up on what's been happening at the office

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Recent Examples of caught up His left foot got caught up with the leg of Watson and bent awkwardly. —

CBS News, 11 Jan. 2026 Sometimes gardeners get caught up in the novelty. —

Heather Zidack, Hartford Courant, 10 Jan. 2026 As a keystone in the AI boom, Nvidia has also been caught up in concerns that trillions of dollars are being poured into AI companies that are overhyped and overvalued, forming a bubble that will burst. —

Queenie Wong, Los Angeles Times, 9 Jan. 2026 Ahead of The Pitt’s return, Vogue caught up with Moafi about auditioning for the part with the flu, working with Wyle, and trying to get her head around the role of AI in both medicine and Hollywood. —

Emma Specter, Vogue, 9 Jan. 2026 The Hollywood Reporter caught up with the filmmakers to discuss White’s radical repositioning of gay identity. —

Seth Abramovitch, HollywoodReporter, 9 Jan. 2026 There has been sadness and shock that Gjoshe was among those caught up in the incident. —

Philip Buckingham, New York Times, 8 Nov. 2025 Those in the scientific field who associated with Epstein have at times been caught up in salacious, if unproven, allegations. —

Miami Herald, 7 Nov. 2025 The suspects are both repeat offenders who avoided capture for 10 days before authorities caught up with them. —

Michael Ruiz, FOXNews.com, 7 Nov. 2025

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Verb

Contacts can cause those corneal abrasions that provide the pathogen with a point of entry; acanthamoeba can also hitch a ride on the surface of a lens or become trapped between a contact and the eye, making burrowing deeper possible.

— Kristen Rogers, CNN Money, 10 Jan. 2026
Sad numbers are thus trapped in a loop from which there is no escape.

— Manon Bischoff, Scientific American, 10 Jan. 2026