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catch up
Overview of verb catch-up
The verb catch up has 2 senses (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (2) catch up -- (reach the point where one should be after a delay; "I caught up on my homework")
2. catch up -- (learn belatedly; find out about something after it happened; "I'm trying to catch up with the latest developments in molecular biology")
Antonyms of verb catch-up
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb catch-up
2 senses of catch up
Sense 1
catch up
=> reach, make, attain, hit, arrive at, gain
Sense 2
catch up
=> learn, larn, acquire
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb catch-up
1 of 2 senses of catch up
Sense 1
catch up
=> come back
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb catch-up
2 senses of catch up
Sense 1
catch up
=> reach, make, attain, hit, arrive at, gain
Sense 2
catch up
=> learn, larn, acquire
'Cause To' of verb catch-up
Derived Forms of verb catch-up
Domain of verb catch-up
Domain Terms of verb catch-up
Familiarity of verb catch-up
catch up used as a verb is rare (polysemy count =2)
Sample Sentences of verb catch-up
2 senses of catch up
Sense 1
catch up
*> Somebody ----s
*> Somebody ----s PP
Sense 2
catch up
*> Somebody ----s
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of verb catch-up
2 senses of catch up
Sense 1
catch up
> reach, make, attain, hit, arrive at, gain
=> catch up
=> scale, surmount
=> breast
=> access, get at
=> peak
=> bottom out
=> top out
=> summit
=> top
=> make
=> find
=> culminate
=> get through, come through
=> ground, run aground
Sense 2
catch up
> learn, larn, acquire
=> relearn
=> catch up
=> absorb, assimilate, ingest, take in
=> study, hit the books
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb catch-up
Sense 1
catch up
=> reach, make, attain, hit, arrive at, gain
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Sense 2
catch up
=> learn, larn, acquire
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