英语词汇“to catch up”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

†1. transitive. To draw (water or a quantity of water) from a well. Obsolete.In figurative context in quot. a1387.

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a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1882) VIII. 151 Kecheþ [c1400 Tiber. kycheþ, a1425 Harl. clechiþ] up [L. haurietis] water wiþ ioye of þe savyour his welles.

c1440 (?a1400) Morte Arthure l. 3378 (MED) Cho wente to þe welle..Kaughte vp a coppe-full.

2. transitive.

a. To lift up (a person or thing), esp. in the hands or arms; to raise. Also: to take hold of; to take up.

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the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > upward movement > raising > make to go up or cause to rise [verb (transitive)] > lift or take up > catch or snatch up

to catch upa1393

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a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) ii. l. 1349 He..cawhte hire up, and whan sche wok, Sche syketh.

c1400 (?c1380) Patience l. 102 Cachen vp þe crossayl, cables þay fasten.

c1540 (?a1400) Gest Historiale Destr. Troy (2002) f. 209^v He comaund the corse cacche vp onone.

1567 A. Golding tr. Ovid Metamorphosis (new ed.) xii. f. 152 Yit caught he vp on his shoulders twayne A stone the Iawme of eyther doore.

1604 W. Shakespeare Hamlet ii. ii. 512 A blancket in the alarme of feare caught vp.

1650 R. Stapleton tr. F. Strada De Bello Belgico x. 17 Aloysio..ranne thither in his Shirt, and catching up the Child, carried him out of the danger.

1768 A. Tucker Light of Nature Pursued II. ii. 196 As one catches up a dog by the nape of his neck.

1782 Young Philosopher I. xxxiv. 239 Catching up a large stone, I threatened to dash his brains out.

1815 ‘J. Mathers’ Hist. Mr. John Decastro & Brother Bat I. 112 She catched her feet up as if the floor burned her toes.

1873 R. Browning Red Cotton Night-cap Country iii. 234 An angel caught you up and clapped you down.

a1911 D. G. Phillips Susan Lenox (1917) I. vii. 97 She leaped from the bed, caught up her slippers, reached for her opened-up bundle.

1998 S. Waters Tipping Velvet iii. 74 Percy..caught up a pair of spoons from the side of his plate, and set them rattling upon the tablecloth in a wonderful tattoo.

b. In Christian contexts: to carry (a person) quickly or suddenly heavenwards; to transport (a person) to heaven (in later use, esp. in Millenarian Theology, at the Second Coming of Christ). Frequently in passive.

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the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > upward movement > raising > make to go up or cause to rise [verb (transitive)] > lift or take up > suddenly carry aloft

to catch up1526

rhapsodizec1616

1526 Bible (Tyndale) (1 Thess. iv.) f. cclxx^v And the deed in Christe shall aryse fyrst: then shall we which live and remayne, be caught vppe with them also in the cloudes, to mete the lorde in ye ayer.

1564 J. Bradford Frutefull Treat. against Feare of Death sig. Cii^v Helias was caught vp into heauen.

1678 J. Bunyan Pilgrim's Progress 33 I saw many catch't up and carried away into the Clouds.

1753 J. Orton Doddridge's Family Expositor IV. 523 He was also caught up into Paradise, that Garden of God.

1886 Prophetic Stud. Internat. Prophetic Conf. 207/2 He will come to catch up His people, snatching them away from coming disasters and judgments.

1978 G. E. Ladd Last Things v. 50 These two comings of Christ have been called the Rapture—when he comes to catch up the church—and the Revelation.

2007 B. K. Waltke Old Test. Theol. viii. 214 In his temple vision, Isaiah is caught up into the heavenly court to join the seraphim that surround God's throne.

3. transitive. To adopt or embrace (an idea, example, etc.) quickly or eagerly; to appropriate. Also: to take up and repeat (an utterance).

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the world > action or operation > undertaking > undertake [verb (transitive)] > quickly or eagerly

to catch upc1550

to lean into1941

c1550 C. Bansley Treat. Pryde & Abuse of Women sig. A.i^v A stewde strumpet can not so soone, gette vp a lyghte lewde fashyon But euerye wanton Jelot wyll lyke it well, and catche it vp anon.

1644 J. Milton Areopagitica 4 This project..was catcht up by our Prelates.

1771 O. Goldsmith Hist. Eng. IV. 77 The example of the great was caught up by the vulgar; principle, and even decency, was gradually banished.

1868 J. H. Blunt Reformation Church of Eng. I. viii. 428 The tone of irreverence..which his followers too often caught up.

1887 Atlantic Monthly Aug. 281/2 Catching up a popular neologism from the newspapers.

1904 Collier's 7 May 8/3 The survivors answered with a loud hurrah, which was caught up by the sailors of the fleet.

1958 D. Black Theory Comm. & Elections xviii. 157 He continues in the strain of thought that was later to be caught up by Laplace.

2013 D. Schultz Dead Run xii. 164 The battle cry was caught up by others.

4. transitive. To interrupt (a person); to check (a person) in the act of saying or doing something regarded as foolish or careless. Also (and in earliest use) reflexive.

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the mind > language > speech > interruption > interrupt or interpose [verb (intransitive)]

chop in1550

to speak in a man's cast1580

to break through1659

interpose1667

interrupt1667

to break in1705

to catch up1764

to get ina1774

to strike in1791

to get a word, etc. in edgeways1824

1764 R. Griffith Triumvirate II. clxvi. 220 What had put me almost out of conceit with goodness, before—I mean, said she, catching herself up, the appearances of it, was that one seldom sees it preached..but by certain old folk.

1841 C. Dickens Barnaby Rudge xl. 166 You catch me up so very short.

1883 T. Lees Easther's Gloss. Dial. Almondbury & Huddersfield 90 One said it [sc. a concert] was ‘vary gooid’. Another caught him up, indignant at such scant praise.

1937 J. Thurber Lett. (2002) 245 There is no possibility of catching me up on an overlooked sloppiness.

2005 H. Mantel Beyond Black ii. 18 You do find yourself, just now and then, catching yourself up and saying, hang on now, who's giving back to me?

a. intransitive. Frequently with with; also sometimes with on or to. To succeed in reaching a person who or thing which is travelling in a particular direction; to draw level. Also in extended use. Cf. sense 40a.

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the world > action or operation > prosperity > advancement or progress > [verb (transitive)] > advance at equal rate with > overtake

to catch up1817

1817 Parterre 4 Jan. 4/2 I endeavoured to catch up with her, but she going straight ahead every body turned out of her way, while I was trying to dodge through the crowd.

1843 Indiana Amer. (Brookville) 27 Jan. The former had run away with the wife of the latter, and the latter had followed and caught up with him at this place.

1909 ‘Q’ True Tilda xiii. 169 ‘If they catch up with us we must nip into a gateway,’ panted Tilda.

1925 Times (Weekly ed.) 26 Nov. The police caught up on the men just as they entered a dark archway.

1955 Lethbridge (Alberta) Herald 6 July 14/ Every now and then she would have to stop and wait for them to catch up.

1974 Globe & Mail (Toronto) 14 Feb. 1/2 Secretaries could be..held in their current pay bracket until the new secretarial classifications catch up to them.

2012 J. Fagan Panopticon (2013) xxxi. 281 The bus is just pulling out. I catch up with it and bang on the door.

b. transitive. To succeed in reaching (a person who or thing which is travelling in a particular direction); to draw level with. Also in extended use. Cf. sense 40a.

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the world > movement > rate of motion > move at specific rate [verb (transitive)] > gain (ground) upon > catch up or overtake

betakea1000

oftakelOE

overtakec1225

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under-get1390

attain1393

overget?a1400

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gaincopec1440

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overhalec1540

overcatch1570

overhent1590

win1596

to grow on or upon1603

catcha1616

to fetch up1622

to fetch of, upon1659

overhaul1793

to meet up with1837

to catch up1838

to get past1857

1838 Observer 17 Dec. He [sc. a fox] emerged from the wood, being three miles from where he was unkennelled, and no joke to those who had to catch him up.

1886 Eclectic Mag. Nov. 719/1 It is not that the Muhammadan boy is duller than the Hindu boy; but he does not begin [school] so soon, and he has not caught up his rival by the time the earlier educational honors are distributed.

1915 Blackwood's Mag. Jan. 30/2 Let us go on slowly, sahib, and the escort will catch us up before we have gone very far.

1967 ‘La Meri’ Spanish Dancing (ed. 2) vii. 89 Toward the middle of the [nineteenth] century the Seguidillas Manchegas caught up the waning popularity of the Bolero.

2001 C. Glazebrook Madolescents 223 ‘Ash! Wait on!’ I run as fast as I can in my biker boots, catch him up and tug on his hood.

c. intransitive. With with. To begin to have a damaging effect on a person; to begin to be felt or noticed by a person.

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1933 China Press 4 Aug. 8/2 The crash comes when his past catches up with him.

1941 A. L. Rowse Tudor Cornwall xv. 412 Killigrew found himself in prison; his own misdemeanours..had at last..caught up with him.

1975 Boston Globe 19 June 56/4 The full psychological impact of her injury caught up with her.

1990 New Age Jrnl. Apr. 66/1 Our throwaway habits have caught up with us. In the United States, we generate 160 million tons of garbage a year.

2014 Daily Tel. 7 Jan. 27/1 The damage inflicted by the bottle..was fast catching up with him.

6. transitive. U.S. regional (chiefly southern and south Midland). To prepare (a horse, mule, etc.) for a journey; to saddle or harness (a horse). Occasionally (and in earliest use) intransitive.

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1835 J. M. Wright Let. 27 May in Western Christian Advocate (Cincinnati) 19 June 32/3 The word, ‘Catch up’, was given, when all commenced gearing at once, and were soon under march.

1848 Spirit of Times 14 Oct. 402/3 They..stayed till about noon, catched up their fresh horses, [etc].

1857 M. Reid in Chambers's Jrnl. 21 Feb. 116/1 Bill an me catched up our critters, an as soon as we kud saddle 'em put arter you.

1942 M. Campbell Cloud-walking 16 He pulled on his britches to go catch up the nag for Sary.

2012 S. Guilford Trail of Heart iv. 16 Catching up his horse, he set out.

a. intransitive. Frequently with on, with. To spend time doing something which one has not had time to do earlier.

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1852 Star & Banner (Gettysburg, Pa.) 23 Jan. He [sc. a farmer] toils all hours, and yet never manages to catch up with his work.

1869 ‘M. Twain’ Innocents Abroad xxix. 309 We were just about to go to bed early in the evening, and catch up on some of the sleep we had lost, when we heard of this Vesuvius expedition.

1915 A. Pollitzer Let. 25 Aug. in G. O'Keeffe & A. Pollitzer Lovingly, Georgia (1990) 15 I've been..trying to catch up with some of the things [i.e. books] he started me on.

1969 R. Godden In this House of Brede vi. 122 Most went to their cells..to catch up with letters.

2016 C. L. Tan Sarong Party Girls iii. 25 He had so much to catch up on..that he didn't even notice me that much until after tea.

b. intransitive. With with. To meet or talk to someone whom one has not seen for some time, esp. in order to find out what he or she has been doing. Also without construction.

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1940 El Paso (Texas) Herald-Post 23 Sept. 6/3 They'll return to New York..to catch up with the friends and Broadway shows they couldn't squeeze in the first time.

1953 Winona (Minnesota) Republican-Herald 23 Dec. 8/2 Christmas letters..certainly are among the most delightful ways of catching up with friends away from Winona.

1988 Times (Nexis) 28 July It suited his schedule..[to take] another break next week..and catch up with his old friend, Sven Tumba.

1992 M. Bracewell Conclave iv. 168 ‘It's good to see you,’ he said again. ‘We must catch up one of these days.’

2015 Radio Times 11 July (South/West ed.) 57/1 Phil and Kirstie catch up with house hunters who were looking for family homes that would last a lifetime.

c. intransitive. With on, with. To find out about things that are happening or have happened recently; to bring oneself up to date with news, events, etc.

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1949 ‘N. Kent’ Divided Path iii. xxiii. 329 They spied Michael and dragged him off to a seat, rather against his will, to catch up on gossip.

1958 A. MacLeish Let. 30 Sept. (1983) 411 Someday we ought to catch up on the Ez business.

1975 Punch 21 May 882 One might in the far past have gone to El Vino's, to catch up on the gossip of the trade.

1989 Times (Nexis) 21 Nov. Tuning in to the stock market trends on the way to work, catching up with the news or relaxing to favourite sounds on the way home.

2001 Heat 17 Nov. 115/4 Now you can catch up on why there's such a buzz around him.

d. transitive. Chiefly U.S. With on, with. To inform (a person) about things that are happening, or about recent events; to bring (someone) up to date.

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1949 Princeton Alumni Weekly 14 Oct. 24/2 I'll try to catch you up on our special chairmen... Bill Bickel continues to promote Gulf aviation fuel in New England [etc.].

1961 Walther League Messenger 70 4 It was an active summer for the church; pages 5-12 are devoted to catching you up with happenings at the Cleveland Convention of Synod.

1980 I. Layton Unlikely Affair 185 I hardly know where to start catching you up on the news.

1998 M. Waites Little Triggers (1999) vii. 58 Then catch me up on the investigation, Stephen... Just tell me what's going on.

2008 R. Bradley Born Liberal, raised Right vi. 53 I lost track of him. A few years later, I ran into him..and he took a few minutes to catch me up on his life.

e. intransitive. Frequently with on, with. To watch a television programme that one missed when it was first broadcast or shown. Cf. catch-up n. 5.

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1954 Daily Messenger (Canandaigua, N.Y.) 22 May 7/5 Nine NBC-TV shows will be their own replacements this summer... This..will..enable him [sc. the viewer] to catch up on a program he may have missed originally.

1977 Delta Democrat-Times (Greenville, Mississippi) 16 June 22/1 Sometimes they [sc. repeats] give him a chance to catch up with shows he wanted to see and missed.

1990 TV Times 14 Oct. 41/5 This regular weekly omnibus gives you a chance to catch up with the..programmes from last week's editions.

2016 i (Nexis) 25 Mar. 37 Line of Duty BBC iPlayer... If you missed yesterday's explosive return then now's the chance to catch up on Jed Mercurio's police corruption drama.

8. transitive (in passive). Chiefly in to get caught up in.

a. To be or become trapped or entangled.In figurative context in quot. 1855.

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1855 Van Wert (Ohio) Amer. 15 Aug. The people of Ohio..so cajoled, so hoodwinked, so caught up in the Gosimer webs of those wily politicians.

1891 R. Kipling City Dreadful Night 67 Our machinery is fenced and guard-railed as much as possible, and these men don't get caught up by the belting.

1965 Mt. Vernon (Illinois) Reg.-News 24 May 12/7 A new kind of rotary power mower sails a quarter inch above the ground...It's almost impossible to get feet or fingers caught up in the blade.

2010 L. K. Bonasia Summer Shift 77 Mary pressed her head back against the tree...She felt her hair get caught up in the rough bark.

b. To be or become involved or embroiled in a situation, often against one's will; to be or become immersed in or taken up by one's work.

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1910 F. Pollock in Cambr. Mod. Hist. XII. xxii. 748 Trade Unionism..got caught up in 1830-5 in one of the many phases of Owenism.

1926 Observer 29 Aug. 5/3 He gets caught up in a series of mildly criminal adventures very much in the Wodehousian tradition.

1964 J. Symons End of Solomon Grundy i. 10 ‘You're late.’ He waved one hand. ‘I got caught up.’

2016 Radio Times 9 Jan. (South/West ed.) 49/1 A Hitchcockian tale of ordinary people caught up in extraordinary situations.

单词	to catch up
释义	> as lemmas to catch up to catch up †1. transitive. To draw (water or a quantity of water) from a well. Obsolete.In figurative context in quot. a1387. ΚΠ a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1882) VIII. 151 Kecheþ [c1400 Tiber. kycheþ, a1425 Harl. clechiþ] up [L. haurietis] water wiþ ioye of þe savyour his welles. c1440 (?a1400) Morte Arthure l. 3378 (MED) Cho wente to þe welle..Kaughte vp a coppe-full. 2. transitive. a. To lift up (a person or thing), esp. in the hands or arms; to raise. Also: to take hold of; to take up. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > upward movement > raising > make to go up or cause to rise [verb (transitive)] > lift or take up > catch or snatch up to catch upa1393 uphenda1400 upcatcha1560 a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) ii. l. 1349 He..cawhte hire up, and whan sche wok, Sche syketh. c1400 (?c1380) Patience l. 102 Cachen vp þe crossayl, cables þay fasten. c1540 (?a1400) Gest Historiale Destr. Troy (2002) f. 209^v He comaund the corse cacche vp onone. 1567 A. Golding tr. Ovid Metamorphosis (new ed.) xii. f. 152 Yit caught he vp on his shoulders twayne A stone the Iawme of eyther doore. 1604 W. Shakespeare Hamlet ii. ii. 512 A blancket in the alarme of feare caught vp. 1650 R. Stapleton tr. F. Strada De Bello Belgico x. 17 Aloysio..ranne thither in his Shirt, and catching up the Child, carried him out of the danger. 1768 A. Tucker Light of Nature Pursued II. ii. 196 As one catches up a dog by the nape of his neck. 1782 Young Philosopher I. xxxiv. 239 Catching up a large stone, I threatened to dash his brains out. 1815 ‘J. Mathers’ Hist. Mr. John Decastro & Brother Bat I. 112 She catched her feet up as if the floor burned her toes. 1873 R. Browning Red Cotton Night-cap Country iii. 234 An angel caught you up and clapped you down. a1911 D. G. Phillips Susan Lenox (1917) I. vii. 97 She leaped from the bed, caught up her slippers, reached for her opened-up bundle. 1998 S. Waters Tipping Velvet iii. 74 Percy..caught up a pair of spoons from the side of his plate, and set them rattling upon the tablecloth in a wonderful tattoo. b. In Christian contexts: to carry (a person) quickly or suddenly heavenwards; to transport (a person) to heaven (in later use, esp. in Millenarian Theology, at the Second Coming of Christ). Frequently in passive. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > upward movement > raising > make to go up or cause to rise [verb (transitive)] > lift or take up > suddenly carry aloft to catch up1526 rhapsodizec1616 1526 Bible (Tyndale) (1 Thess. iv.) f. cclxx^v And the deed in Christe shall aryse fyrst: then shall we which live and remayne, be caught vppe with them also in the cloudes, to mete the lorde in ye ayer. 1564 J. Bradford Frutefull Treat. against Feare of Death sig. Cii^v Helias was caught vp into heauen. 1678 J. Bunyan Pilgrim's Progress 33 I saw many catch't up and carried away into the Clouds. View more context for this quotation 1753 J. Orton Doddridge's Family Expositor IV. 523 He was also caught up into Paradise, that Garden of God. 1886 Prophetic Stud. Internat. Prophetic Conf. 207/2 He will come to catch up His people, snatching them away from coming disasters and judgments. 1978 G. E. Ladd Last Things v. 50 These two comings of Christ have been called the Rapture—when he comes to catch up the church—and the Revelation. 2007 B. K. Waltke Old Test. Theol. viii. 214 In his temple vision, Isaiah is caught up into the heavenly court to join the seraphim that surround God's throne. 3. transitive. To adopt or embrace (an idea, example, etc.) quickly or eagerly; to appropriate. Also: to take up and repeat (an utterance). ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > undertaking > undertake [verb (transitive)] > quickly or eagerly to catch upc1550 to lean into1941 c1550 C. Bansley Treat. Pryde & Abuse of Women sig. A.i^v A stewde strumpet can not so soone, gette vp a lyghte lewde fashyon But euerye wanton Jelot wyll lyke it well, and catche it vp anon. 1644 J. Milton Areopagitica 4 This project..was catcht up by our Prelates. 1771 O. Goldsmith Hist. Eng. IV. 77 The example of the great was caught up by the vulgar; principle, and even decency, was gradually banished. 1868 J. H. Blunt Reformation Church of Eng. I. viii. 428 The tone of irreverence..which his followers too often caught up. 1887 Atlantic Monthly Aug. 281/2 Catching up a popular neologism from the newspapers. 1904 Collier's 7 May 8/3 The survivors answered with a loud hurrah, which was caught up by the sailors of the fleet. 1958 D. Black Theory Comm. & Elections xviii. 157 He continues in the strain of thought that was later to be caught up by Laplace. 2013 D. Schultz Dead Run xii. 164 The battle cry was caught up by others. 4. transitive. To interrupt (a person); to check (a person) in the act of saying or doing something regarded as foolish or careless. Also (and in earliest use) reflexive. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > interruption > interrupt or interpose [verb (intransitive)] chop in1550 to speak in a man's cast1580 to break through1659 interpose1667 interrupt1667 to break in1705 to catch up1764 to get ina1774 to strike in1791 to get a word, etc. in edgeways1824 1764 R. Griffith Triumvirate II. clxvi. 220 What had put me almost out of conceit with goodness, before—I mean, said she, catching herself up, the appearances of it, was that one seldom sees it preached..but by certain old folk. 1841 C. Dickens Barnaby Rudge xl. 166 You catch me up so very short. 1883 T. Lees Easther's Gloss. Dial. Almondbury & Huddersfield 90 One said it [sc. a concert] was ‘vary gooid’. Another caught him up, indignant at such scant praise. 1937 J. Thurber Lett. (2002) 245 There is no possibility of catching me up on an overlooked sloppiness. 2005 H. Mantel Beyond Black ii. 18 You do find yourself, just now and then, catching yourself up and saying, hang on now, who's giving back to me? 5. a. intransitive. Frequently with with; also sometimes with on or to. To succeed in reaching a person who or thing which is travelling in a particular direction; to draw level. Also in extended use. Cf. sense 40a. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > prosperity > advancement or progress > [verb (transitive)] > advance at equal rate with > overtake to catch up1817 1817 Parterre 4 Jan. 4/2 I endeavoured to catch up with her, but she going straight ahead every body turned out of her way, while I was trying to dodge through the crowd. 1843 Indiana Amer. (Brookville) 27 Jan. The former had run away with the wife of the latter, and the latter had followed and caught up with him at this place. 1909 ‘Q’ True Tilda xiii. 169 ‘If they catch up with us we must nip into a gateway,’ panted Tilda. 1925 Times (Weekly ed.) 26 Nov. The police caught up on the men just as they entered a dark archway. 1955 Lethbridge (Alberta) Herald 6 July 14/ Every now and then she would have to stop and wait for them to catch up. 1974 Globe & Mail (Toronto) 14 Feb. 1/2 Secretaries could be..held in their current pay bracket until the new secretarial classifications catch up to them. 2012 J. Fagan Panopticon (2013) xxxi. 281 The bus is just pulling out. I catch up with it and bang on the door. b. transitive. To succeed in reaching (a person who or thing which is travelling in a particular direction); to draw level with. Also in extended use. Cf. sense 40a. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > rate of motion > move at specific rate [verb (transitive)] > gain (ground) upon > catch up or overtake betakea1000 oftakelOE overtakec1225 ofgoc1300 under-get1390 attain1393 overget?a1400 overgoc1425 gaincopec1440 overhiec1440 overhalec1540 overcatch1570 overhent1590 win1596 to grow on or upon1603 catcha1616 to fetch up1622 to fetch of, upon1659 overhaul1793 to meet up with1837 to catch up1838 to get past1857 1838 Observer 17 Dec. He [sc. a fox] emerged from the wood, being three miles from where he was unkennelled, and no joke to those who had to catch him up. 1886 Eclectic Mag. Nov. 719/1 It is not that the Muhammadan boy is duller than the Hindu boy; but he does not begin [school] so soon, and he has not caught up his rival by the time the earlier educational honors are distributed. 1915 Blackwood's Mag. Jan. 30/2 Let us go on slowly, sahib, and the escort will catch us up before we have gone very far. 1967 ‘La Meri’ Spanish Dancing (ed. 2) vii. 89 Toward the middle of the [nineteenth] century the Seguidillas Manchegas caught up the waning popularity of the Bolero. 2001 C. Glazebrook Madolescents 223 ‘Ash! Wait on!’ I run as fast as I can in my biker boots, catch him up and tug on his hood. c. intransitive. With with. To begin to have a damaging effect on a person; to begin to be felt or noticed by a person. ΚΠ 1933 China Press 4 Aug. 8/2 The crash comes when his past catches up with him. 1941 A. L. Rowse Tudor Cornwall xv. 412 Killigrew found himself in prison; his own misdemeanours..had at last..caught up with him. 1975 Boston Globe 19 June 56/4 The full psychological impact of her injury caught up with her. 1990 New Age Jrnl. Apr. 66/1 Our throwaway habits have caught up with us. In the United States, we generate 160 million tons of garbage a year. 2014 Daily Tel. 7 Jan. 27/1 The damage inflicted by the bottle..was fast catching up with him. 6. transitive. U.S. regional (chiefly southern and south Midland). To prepare (a horse, mule, etc.) for a journey; to saddle or harness (a horse). Occasionally (and in earliest use) intransitive. ΚΠ 1835 J. M. Wright Let. 27 May in Western Christian Advocate (Cincinnati) 19 June 32/3 The word, ‘Catch up’, was given, when all commenced gearing at once, and were soon under march. 1848 Spirit of Times 14 Oct. 402/3 They..stayed till about noon, catched up their fresh horses, [etc]. 1857 M. Reid in Chambers's Jrnl. 21 Feb. 116/1 Bill an me catched up our critters, an as soon as we kud saddle 'em put arter you. 1942 M. Campbell Cloud-walking 16 He pulled on his britches to go catch up the nag for Sary. 2012 S. Guilford Trail of Heart iv. 16 Catching up his horse, he set out. 7. a. intransitive. Frequently with on, with. To spend time doing something which one has not had time to do earlier. ΚΠ 1852 Star & Banner (Gettysburg, Pa.) 23 Jan. He [sc. a farmer] toils all hours, and yet never manages to catch up with his work. 1869 ‘M. Twain’ Innocents Abroad xxix. 309 We were just about to go to bed early in the evening, and catch up on some of the sleep we had lost, when we heard of this Vesuvius expedition. 1915 A. Pollitzer Let. 25 Aug. in G. O'Keeffe & A. Pollitzer Lovingly, Georgia (1990) 15 I've been..trying to catch up with some of the things [i.e. books] he started me on. 1969 R. Godden In this House of Brede vi. 122 Most went to their cells..to catch up with letters. 2016 C. L. Tan Sarong Party Girls iii. 25 He had so much to catch up on..that he didn't even notice me that much until after tea. b. intransitive. With with. To meet or talk to someone whom one has not seen for some time, esp. in order to find out what he or she has been doing. Also without construction. ΚΠ 1940 El Paso (Texas) Herald-Post 23 Sept. 6/3 They'll return to New York..to catch up with the friends and Broadway shows they couldn't squeeze in the first time. 1953 Winona (Minnesota) Republican-Herald 23 Dec. 8/2 Christmas letters..certainly are among the most delightful ways of catching up with friends away from Winona. 1988 Times (Nexis) 28 July It suited his schedule..[to take] another break next week..and catch up with his old friend, Sven Tumba. 1992 M. Bracewell Conclave iv. 168 ‘It's good to see you,’ he said again. ‘We must catch up one of these days.’ 2015 Radio Times 11 July (South/West ed.) 57/1 Phil and Kirstie catch up with house hunters who were looking for family homes that would last a lifetime. c. intransitive. With on, with. To find out about things that are happening or have happened recently; to bring oneself up to date with news, events, etc. ΚΠ 1949 ‘N. Kent’ Divided Path iii. xxiii. 329 They spied Michael and dragged him off to a seat, rather against his will, to catch up on gossip. 1958 A. MacLeish Let. 30 Sept. (1983) 411 Someday we ought to catch up on the Ez business. 1975 Punch 21 May 882 One might in the far past have gone to El Vino's, to catch up on the gossip of the trade. 1989 Times (Nexis) 21 Nov. Tuning in to the stock market trends on the way to work, catching up with the news or relaxing to favourite sounds on the way home. 2001 Heat 17 Nov. 115/4 Now you can catch up on why there's such a buzz around him. d. transitive. Chiefly U.S. With on, with. To inform (a person) about things that are happening, or about recent events; to bring (someone) up to date. ΚΠ 1949 Princeton Alumni Weekly 14 Oct. 24/2 I'll try to catch you up on our special chairmen... Bill Bickel continues to promote Gulf aviation fuel in New England [etc.]. 1961 Walther League Messenger 70 4 It was an active summer for the church; pages 5-12 are devoted to catching you up with happenings at the Cleveland Convention of Synod. 1980 I. Layton Unlikely Affair 185 I hardly know where to start catching you up on the news. 1998 M. Waites Little Triggers (1999) vii. 58 Then catch me up on the investigation, Stephen... Just tell me what's going on. 2008 R. Bradley Born Liberal, raised Right vi. 53 I lost track of him. A few years later, I ran into him..and he took a few minutes to catch me up on his life. e. intransitive. Frequently with on, with. To watch a television programme that one missed when it was first broadcast or shown. Cf. catch-up n. 5. ΚΠ 1954 Daily Messenger (Canandaigua, N.Y.) 22 May 7/5 Nine NBC-TV shows will be their own replacements this summer... This..will..enable him [sc. the viewer] to catch up on a program he may have missed originally. 1977 Delta Democrat-Times (Greenville, Mississippi) 16 June 22/1 Sometimes they [sc. repeats] give him a chance to catch up with shows he wanted to see and missed. 1990 TV Times 14 Oct. 41/5 This regular weekly omnibus gives you a chance to catch up with the..programmes from last week's editions. 2016 i (Nexis) 25 Mar. 37 Line of Duty BBC iPlayer... If you missed yesterday's explosive return then now's the chance to catch up on Jed Mercurio's police corruption drama. 8. transitive (in passive). Chiefly in to get caught up in. a. To be or become trapped or entangled.In figurative context in quot. 1855. ΚΠ 1855 Van Wert (Ohio) Amer. 15 Aug. The people of Ohio..so cajoled, so hoodwinked, so caught up in the Gosimer webs of those wily politicians. 1891 R. Kipling City Dreadful Night 67 Our machinery is fenced and guard-railed as much as possible, and these men don't get caught up by the belting. 1965 Mt. Vernon (Illinois) Reg.-News 24 May 12/7 A new kind of rotary power mower sails a quarter inch above the ground...It's almost impossible to get feet or fingers caught up in the blade. 2010 L. K. Bonasia Summer Shift 77 Mary pressed her head back against the tree...She felt her hair get caught up in the rough bark. b. To be or become involved or embroiled in a situation, often against one's will; to be or become immersed in or taken up by one's work. ΚΠ 1910 F. Pollock in Cambr. Mod. Hist. XII. xxii. 748 Trade Unionism..got caught up in 1830-5 in one of the many phases of Owenism. 1926 Observer 29 Aug. 5/3 He gets caught up in a series of mildly criminal adventures very much in the Wodehousian tradition. 1964 J. Symons End of Solomon Grundy i. 10 ‘You're late.’ He waved one hand. ‘I got caught up.’ 2016 Radio Times 9 Jan. 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