catch up with

• Phrasal verb, das bedeutet, jemanden oder etwas einzuholen, der oder das voraus ist, oder sich mit jemandem nach einer gewissen Zeit auszutauschen und Neuigkeiten zu erfahren.

A phrasal verb used to indicate reaching someone or something that is ahead, or exchanging news with someone after a period of time.

unzählbar · unregelmäßiges Verb · intransitiv · Phrasal, untrennbar

1. Reach the same levelinformal

   To reach someone or something that is ahead of you by moving faster.

   Aufholen

   • She ran faster to catch up with her friends.
   • I need to catch up with the rest of the class in math.
   • He caught up with the leading runner just before the finish line.

   Synonymecatchcome up toovertakereach

2. Exchange newsinformal

   To talk to someone you have not seen for a while to find out what they have been doing.

   Neuigkeiten austauschen

   • Let's have coffee and catch up with each other.
   • I caught up with my old college roommate last weekend.
   • We need to catch up with the team about the project updates.

   Synonymecatch upchatget togethertalktouch base

3. Consequences arriveinformal

   When something negative that you have been avoiding finally affects you.

   Konsequenzen einholen

   • His unhealthy lifestyle finally caught up with him.
   • The stress of the job caught up with her and she got sick.
   • All those late nights caught up with me and I felt exhausted.

   Synonymeovertake

Grundverbcatch