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Definition of catch-up in English: catch-upnounˈkatʃˌʌpˈkætʃˌəp informal 1An instance of two or more people meeting to discuss what has happened since the last time they met or spoke. it's the perfect destination for a coffee, some cake, and a catch-up 2An act of catching up or matching someone or something in a particular activity. as modifier the country's catch-up phase of economic development Example sentencesExamples - Just to even up his round though, Garcia did a little catch-up all of his own at the 17th hole, the lengthy par five which he proceeded to birdie.
- The catch-up for these countries will take a long time.
- Even so, she felt confident that with a few weeks of catch-up studying, she would overtake the rest of the student body in the tenth grade.
- In regard to his play in the secondary, Poteat has some upside potential because of his quickness and catch-up speed.
- The gardener who misses a ride on the crest of this weather system risks a whole season of catch-up.
- The rest are in catch-up mode, and for most October won't help them gain much ground.
- But the catch-up faltered when Carlisle scored again for a 26-12 half-time lead.
- So they get back in contact after the gap has become too worrying and suggest a nice friendly catch-up.
- Peterson has good catch-up quickness and is adept at reaching around receivers to slap the ball away.
- He's decent at the line of scrimmage and has excellent catch-up speed.
- Leeds United resume their game of catch-up at Manchester City tomorrow by chasing a place in the Premiership's top ten.
- The Administration's development strategy endeavors to deal with these impediments to catch-up.
- Part of that was catch-up for reduced childbearing during the Depression and World War II.
- This is not a good catch-up team, going against a defense that led the league with 49 takeways.
- Other companies stood, slack-jawed, in admiration and played what seemed to be a never-ending game of catch-up.
- With the government's decision to stall capital spending, the game of catch-up will now be slowed.
- One filmmaker, however, pointed to other causes for the conservatives' game of cultural catch-up.
- Because of its deliberate offensive philosophy, State isn't a good catch-up team.
- As a result, he'll be in catch-up mode at training camp - and he might be limited to one practice a day.
- So I'm not so sure that that is exactly what's preventing the catch-up in the IT world.
Phrases 1informal Fall behind continually with work or financial matters. I'm always playing catch-up with my homework Example sentencesExamples - We can't continue to play catch-up as we've been doing in Ireland for years.
- It seems like we're always behind trying to play catch-up on the equipment nowadays it's changing so quickly.
- And while they held all the cards previously, now they are on the back foot and continually forced to play catch-up, prompting the inevitable fall-outs and clash of personalities.
2informal Try to equal a competitor in a sport or game. we tried to play catch-up in the final period Example sentencesExamples - They realized they needed to play a bit of catch-up, and refocused and committed to the growing market.
- We got behind in qualifying and had to play catch-up.
- It's imperative, however, that they don't have to play constant catch-up.
- Wireless technology is big in Japan and Europe, and at the moment, the United States is playing a little catch-up.
Definition of catch-up in US English: catch-upnounˈkætʃˌəpˈkaCHˌəp informal 1An instance of two or more people meeting to discuss what has happened since the last time they met or spoke. it's the perfect destination for a coffee, some cake, and a catch-up 2An act of catching up or matching someone or something in a particular activity. as modifier the country's catch-up phase of economic development Example sentencesExamples - So I'm not so sure that that is exactly what's preventing the catch-up in the IT world.
- This is not a good catch-up team, going against a defense that led the league with 49 takeways.
- The rest are in catch-up mode, and for most October won't help them gain much ground.
- Because of its deliberate offensive philosophy, State isn't a good catch-up team.
- With the government's decision to stall capital spending, the game of catch-up will now be slowed.
- Peterson has good catch-up quickness and is adept at reaching around receivers to slap the ball away.
- He's decent at the line of scrimmage and has excellent catch-up speed.
- Part of that was catch-up for reduced childbearing during the Depression and World War II.
- Even so, she felt confident that with a few weeks of catch-up studying, she would overtake the rest of the student body in the tenth grade.
- One filmmaker, however, pointed to other causes for the conservatives' game of cultural catch-up.
- Just to even up his round though, Garcia did a little catch-up all of his own at the 17th hole, the lengthy par five which he proceeded to birdie.
- Leeds United resume their game of catch-up at Manchester City tomorrow by chasing a place in the Premiership's top ten.
- The Administration's development strategy endeavors to deal with these impediments to catch-up.
- The gardener who misses a ride on the crest of this weather system risks a whole season of catch-up.
- The catch-up for these countries will take a long time.
- In regard to his play in the secondary, Poteat has some upside potential because of his quickness and catch-up speed.
- But the catch-up faltered when Carlisle scored again for a 26-12 half-time lead.
- As a result, he'll be in catch-up mode at training camp - and he might be limited to one practice a day.
- So they get back in contact after the gap has become too worrying and suggest a nice friendly catch-up.
- Other companies stood, slack-jawed, in admiration and played what seemed to be a never-ending game of catch-up.
Phrases 1informal Fall behind continually with work or financial matters. I'm always playing catch-up with my homework Example sentencesExamples - We can't continue to play catch-up as we've been doing in Ireland for years.
- And while they held all the cards previously, now they are on the back foot and continually forced to play catch-up, prompting the inevitable fall-outs and clash of personalities.
- It seems like we're always behind trying to play catch-up on the equipment nowadays it's changing so quickly.
2informal Try to equal a competitor in a sport or game. Example sentencesExamples - Wireless technology is big in Japan and Europe, and at the moment, the United States is playing a little catch-up.
- They realized they needed to play a bit of catch-up, and refocused and committed to the growing market.
- We got behind in qualifying and had to play catch-up.
- It's imperative, however, that they don't have to play constant catch-up.
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