catch up
(DO SOMETHING) — phrasal verb with catch /kætʃ/ verb (caught, caught)Definition
B2 to do something you did not have time to do earlier: She's staying late at the office to catch up with/on some reports.Dealing with things or peopleActing and actsCoping and not copingTolerating and enduring
(Definition of catch up (DO SOMETHING) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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catch sb out phrasal verb (TRICK)
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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)
- catch up phrasal verb (DO SOMETHING)
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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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Synonyms and related words:
- approach verb (DEAL WITH)
- attack verb (DEAL WITH)
- attend to sb/sth phrasal verb
- beard the lion (in his/her den) idiom
- come up against sth phrasal verb
- come/get to grips with sth idiom
- confront verb
- firefight verb
- firefighting noun (PROBLEMS)
- have it out with sb idiom
- jump-start verb (SITUATION)
- overcome verb (DEAL WITH)
- process verb (DEAL WITH)
- reckon with sb/sth phrasal verb
- see about sth phrasal verb
- see to sth/sb phrasal verb
- tough sth out phrasal verb
- turn (sth) to sth phrasal verb
- weather the storm idiom
- weather verb (DEAL WITH)
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