catch up
• succeed in reaching a person who is ahead of one.
• "he stopped and waited for Lily to catch up"
Similar:
draw level,
get to,
come to,
reach,
gain on,
gain,
• talk to someone whom one has not seen for some time in order to find out what they have been doing.
• "it's always good to catch up with old friends"
• be involved in something that one had not intended to become involved in.
• "he had no desire to be caught up in political activities"
• pick something up hurriedly.
• "she caught up her jacket and bag and walked to the door"
catch-up
noun
• an informal meeting or conversation in which people find out or are briefed about things that have happened since they last met or spoke.
• "it's the perfect destination for a coffee, some cake, and a catch-up"
• an act of catching up or matching someone or something in a particular activity.
• "the country's catch-up phase of economic development"
• a service offered by television and radio broadcasters allowing users to watch or listen to recently broadcast programmes.
• "when I got home I watched the show on catch-up"
catch-up
adjective
• relating to or denoting various services offered by television and radio broadcasters allowing users to watch or listen to recently broadcast programmes.
• "more customers are connecting their set-top boxes to the internet for catch-up TV"
