it's a phrase that means you should fill me in, you say it when you're missing out on something and you want to be filled in
to do something that should have been done before
to go faster so that you reach the person or vehicle in front of you
to improve in order to reach the same standard or rate as someone or something
to talk to someone you have not seen for some time and find out what they have been doing
"Have you heard the gossip?" "No not yet, catch me up".
Come over tomorrow and we can catch up.
He’s missed so much school that he’s going to find it hard to catch up.
I just want to go home and catch up on some sleep.
If you hurry, you should catch up with them at the bridge.
It’ll give them a chance to talk and catch up with all their news.
I’ll catch up with you another time, Kevin.
Pressure grew for salaries to catch up with inflation.
Staff are struggling to catch up with the backlog.
The deadline’s tomorrow. How are we ever going to catch up in time?
We left before them, but they soon caught us up again.
catch up
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There is no origin for this phrasal verb
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