"Catching up" means reconnecting and sharing recent news with someone. It can also mean reaching the same level, speed, or progress as someone or something. People use it for friendly chats or when closing a gap after falling behind.
Innovation is everything. When you're on the forefront, you can see what the next innovation needs to be. When you're behind, you have to spend your energy catching up. Robert Noyce
My father taught me things about body language that psychologists have been catching up with ever since. He always knew when I was lying, because my posture was all wrong. Richard Griffiths
The elites are finally catching up with us. We can hear the swish of leather as saddles are heaved on our backs. The intellectuals and the young, booted and spurred, feel themselves born to ride us. Eric Hoffer
What do I care for the god?” the woman suddenly screamed, catching up her dead child. "What god is he that takes away my son and leaves me nothing? Tanith Lee
Middle age is the awkward period when Father Time starts catching up with Mother Nature. Harold Coffin
I usually doze off between 7:30 and 9 p.m. while putting my baby to sleep. Then I suddenly wake up remembering I'm an adult with no bedtime. I spend the next four hours catching up on reading, e-mails, and other adult pursuits until I collapse for good until sunrise. Padma Lakshmi