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catch up

/kætʃ ʌp/

Translations

catch upverb

caught up

Past Simple

caught up

Past Participle

catching up

Gerund

/kætʃ ʌp/

se retrouverpour parler avec quelqu’un et prendre de ses nouvelles

Let's catch up over coffee this weekend.

Retrouvons-nous autour d'un café ce week-end pour nous retrouver.

After missing a week of classes, she had to work hard to catch up with her classmates.

Après une semaine de cours manquée, elle a dû travailler dur pour rattraper ses camarades de classe.

rattraperse dit aussi pour reprendre du retard sur des tâches ou des obligations

I need to catch up on my emails after being away on vacation.

Je dois rattraper mes e-mails après mon absence en vacances.

Additional translations

se laisser entraîneremploi réfléchi ; s’emploie quand on se trouve impliqué sans le vouloir

Synonyms

keep up

get up to speed

close the gap

catch upverb

To reach the same quality or standard as someone or something else.

After missing a week of classes, she had to work hard to catch up with her classmates.

To do tasks that one should have done earlier.

I need to catch up on my emails after being away on vacation.

To meet with someone to discuss or learn about recent events in their life.

Let's catch up over coffee this weekend.

To become involved in something unintentionally.

He got caught up in the excitement of the game and forgot about his meeting.