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To catch up with

Catch \Catch\, v. i.

  1. To attain possession. [Obs.]

    Have is have, however men do catch.
    --Shak.

  2. To be held or impeded by entanglement or a light obstruction; as, a kite catches in a tree; a door catches so as not to open.

  3. To take hold; as, the bolt does not catch.

  4. To spread by, or as by, infecting; to communicate.

    Does the sedition catch from man to man?
    --Addison.

    To catch at, to attempt to seize; to be eager to get or use. ``[To] catch at all opportunities of subverting the state.''
    --Addison.

    To catch up with, to come up with; to overtake.