catch-up

noun [U]

Definition

› the process of trying to reach the same standard or quality as someone or something else when they have become more advanced or successful: I'm playing catch-up because of the weeks of training I have missed.

(Definition of catch-up noun from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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