catch up
(REACH SAME STANDARD) — phrasal verb with catch /kætʃ/ verb (caught, caught)Definition
C1 to reach the same quality or standard as someone or something else: Will Western industry ever catch up with Japanese innovations? He was off school for a while and is finding it hard to catch up.Surpassing in quality or number
(Definition of catch up (REACH SAME STANDARD) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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catch sb red-handed idiom
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catch sb with their pants/trousers down idiom
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catch sb's eye idiom
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catch up phrasal verb (DISCUSS)
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catch up phrasal verb (DO SOMETHING)
- catch up phrasal verb (REACH SAME STANDARD)
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catch up with sb phrasal verb (CAUSE PROBLEMS)
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catch up with sb phrasal verb (PUNISH)
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catch verb (BE IN TIME)
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catch verb (BE TOUCHED BY)
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catch verb (BECOME INFECTED)
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Synonyms and related words:
- beat verb (DEFEAT)
- better noun
- compare verb (CONSIDER SIMILARITIES)
- crown verb (HEAD COVERING)
- eclipse noun (IMPORTANCE)
- eclipse verb (IMPORTANCE)
- exceed verb
- go one better idiom
- outdo verb
- outflank verb
- outnumber verb
- outperform verb
- outran
- overtake verb (GO PAST)
- put/leave sb in the shade idiom
- shame verb (COMPARE WELL)
- steal a march on sb idiom
- steal sb's thunder idiom
- surpass verb
- tower above/over sth phrasal verb
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