catching up (Meaning)

catching up

to bring about arrest for illicit activities, a seasoned pureed condiment usually made from tomatoes, to provide with the latest information, to pick up often abruptly, enthrall, to reach a state of parity (see parity sense 1) or of being able to cope, to complete or compensate (see compensate sense 1) for something belatedly, ensnare, entangle, to travel fast enough to overtake an advance party, to acquire belated information, to bring oneself up to date, an increase intended to achieve catch-up, the act or fact of catching up or trying to catch up (as with a norm or competitor), to go fast enough to get even with someone ahead, to pick up suddenly or quickly, intended to catch up to a theoretical norm or a competitor's accomplishments

catching up Sentence Examples

  1. Sarah has been away for a week and is now catching up with her colleagues on the latest developments.
  2. The students were catching up on the lessons they missed during their absence.
  3. The new employee was diligently catching up on the company's policies and procedures.
  4. The marathon runner was struggling to catch up with the lead pack.
  5. The detective was diligently catching up on the leads in the case.
  6. The team was working overtime to catch up on their backlog of work.
  7. The siblings were catching up after not seeing each other for a long time.
  8. The politician was catching up with constituents during a town hall meeting.
  9. The professor was catching up on grading papers before the end of the semester.
  10. The friends were catching up over coffee, discussing their lives and recent events.

FAQs About the word catching up

to bring about arrest for illicit activities, a seasoned pureed condiment usually made from tomatoes, to provide with the latest information, to pick up often a

tangling,trapping, ensnaring, entangling, immeshing, meshing, entoiling, capturing, involving, entrapping

liberating,detaching, disentangling, disengaging, clearing, untangling, freeing,extricating,

Sarah has been away for a week and is now catching up with her colleagues on the latest developments.

The students were catching up on the lessons they missed during their absence.

The new employee was diligently catching up on the company's policies and procedures.

The marathon runner was struggling to catch up with the lead pack.