catch up

Speech parts

1. catch up - Noun

2. catch up - Verb

3. catch up - Phrase

Meaning

learn belatedly; find out about something after it happened

reach the point where one should be after a delay

Source: WordNet

Alternative names

catch-up

Synonyms

yap claver jabber yak clack gas rabbit natter mag waffle babble reach gain visit speak
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Antonyms

dally fall amble dawdle decline drop
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Hypernyms

make hit reach gain learn acquire

Hyponyms

come back

Examples

Ability will never catch up with the demand for it. Confucius

'Crazy-busy' is a great armor, it's a great way for numbing. What a lot of us do is that we stay so busy, and so out in front of our life, that the truth of how we're feeling and what we really need can't catch up with us. Brené Brown

They say when you meet the love of your life, time stops, and that's true. What they don't tell you is that when it starts again, it moves extra fast to catch up. Daniel Wallace

Investors making purchases in an overheated market need to recognize that it may often take an extended period for the value of even an outstanding company to catch up with the price they paid. Warren Buffett

My guilt walks so slowly that forgiveness and oblivion always catch up with it. Marco Denevi

Sleepy turtles never catch up with the sunrise. Jamaican Proverb

Words in the phrase

catch up

Close letter words and terms

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