catch up

1. (transitive)To pick up suddenly.

2. (transitive)To entangle (something).

   The speaker wires have got caught up with the wires from the lights.

3. (broadly, transitive)To involve in (something); to embroil.

   That's why she got caught up in addiction.

4. (intransitive)To be brought up to date with news.

   I hadn't seen her for so long. It was great to catch up.

   aufholen

5. (transitive)To bring (someone) up to date with the news.

   After Alice's vacation, her boss caught her up on policy changes.

   I have to miss the end of the meeting, but you can catch me up later.

6. (ambitransitive)To reach something that had been ahead.

   Rose was three seconds behind, but managed to catch up with the race leader and eventually won.

   I'll go ahead and you can catch up with me later.

   einholen

   догоня́тьdogonjátʹ, догна́тьdognátʹ

7. (intransitive)To compensate for or make up a deficiency.

   After a slow start, they've been catching up lately.

   The sales quarter ends soon and we've got to try to catch up.

   навёрстыватьnavjórstyvatʹ, наверста́тьnaverstátʹ

   надолу́жуватиnadolúžuvaty, надолу́житиnadolúžyty

8. (intransitive)To finally overtake (someone or something) after a long period of approaching (them or it).

   His years of drinking were catching up with him.

1. The police caught up with him.

   Поліція наздогнала його.

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2. I caught up with them soon.

   Я швидко їх наздогнав.

   ruЯ их быстро догнал.

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3. He'll soon catch up with Tom.

   Він скоро нажене Тома.

   ruОн скоро догонит Тома.

   deEr wird Tom bald einholen.

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4. We'll catch up with Tom later.

   Ми наздоженемо Тома пізніше.

   ruМы догоним Тома позже.

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5. Tom ran to catch up to Mary.

   Том побіг, щоб наздогнати Мері.

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irregular · Lesson

• catch upнадолужити, надолужуватиTo pick up suddenly.
• catch outдізнатися, дізнаватисяTo discover or expose as fake, insincere, or inaccurate.
• catch onChiefly in the form catch oneself on: to cause (oneself) to get or regain a proper appreciation of a situation; to behave in the expected, sensible way; to stop fooling around or being silly.