catch up with

• Verbe à particule utilisé pour indiquer le fait de rejoindre quelqu'un ou quelque chose qui est devant soi, ou d'échanger des nouvelles avec quelqu'un après un certain temps.

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

indénombrable · verbe irrégulier · intransitif · phrasal, inséparable

1. Reach the same levelinformal

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

   rattraper (quelqu'un/quelque chose)

   • 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.

   Synonymescatchcome up toovertakereach

2. Exchange newsinformal

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

   reprendre des nouvelles de quelqu'un

   • 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.

   Synonymescatch upchatget togethertalktouch base

3. Consequences arriveinformal

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

   rattraper (conséquences)

   • 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.

   Synonymesovertake

Verbe de basecatch