catch+up+with

  • 51catch up — {v.} 1. To take or pick up suddenly; grab (something). * /She caught up the book from the table and ran out of the room./ 2. To capture or trap (someone) in a situation; concern or interest very much. Usually used in the passive with in . * /The… …

    Dictionary of American idioms

  • 52catch\ up — v 1. To take or pick up suddenly; grab (smth). She caught up the book from the table and ran out of the room. 2. To capture or trap (someone) in a situation; concern or interest very much. Usually used in the passive with in . The Smith family… …

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  • 53catch\ up\ on — v 1. To take or pick up suddenly; grab (smth). She caught up the book from the table and ran out of the room. 2. To capture or trap (someone) in a situation; concern or interest very much. Usually used in the passive with in . The Smith family… …

    Словарь американских идиом

  • 54catch on — v. 1) (D; intr.) to catch on to ( to comprehend ) (he caught on to what I said immediately) 2) (D; intr.) ( to become popular ) to catch on with (to catch on with the public) * * * [ kætʃ ɒn] (D; intr.) to catch on to (he caught on to what I said …

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  • 55catch — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. take, seize; overtake; land, net, hook; surprise, detect; snare, trap; capture, arrest, apprehend, nab (inf.); snatch. See restraint, deception, difficulty, hindrance. II (Roget s IV) n. 1.… …

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  • 56catch — v 1. grasp, snatch, grab, claw, pluck; grip, clutch, clench, hold, Basketball. palm; receive, acquire, come into possession of. 2. seize, capture, take captive, apprehend, stop, arrest, take into custody, Inf. nab, Sl. cop; entrap, trap, ensnare …

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  • 57catch-up — /kach up /, n. 1. an effort to reach or pass a norm, esp. after a period of delay: After the slowdown there was a catch up in production. 2. an effort to catch up with or surpass a competitor, as in a sports contest. 3. an instance of catching up …

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  • 58catch someone napping — the teacher had warned us to be ever prepared, but the unannounced test caught most of us napping Syn: catch off guard, catch unawares, surprise, take by surprise, catch out, find unprepared; informal catch someone with their pants down …

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  • 59catch — 1. n. a drawback. □ Okay, that sounds good, but what’s the catch? □ There’s no catch. It’s all on the up and up. 2. tv. to view something; to attend something; to hear something. □ We’ll take the chicks to catch a film after we eat …

    Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions

  • 60catch on — I. learn how to do, learn the ropes    We need trainees who catch on quickly people who learn fast. II. get work, get a job, hire on    Maybe you can catch on with a survey crew for the summer …

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