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catch (sb) up

phrasal verb with catch
 
 
/kætʃ/ verb (caught, caught)

Definition

B2 to reach someone in front of you by going faster than them: I ran after her and managed to catch up with her.UK Go on to the shops without me, I'll catch you up.Increasing and decreasing speed of motion
(Definition of catch (sb) up from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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