Definitions
1.VerbTo pick up suddenly.
2.VerbTo entangle (something)."The speaker wires have got caught up with the wires from the lights."
3.VerbTo involve in (something); to embroil."That's why she got caught up in addiction."
4.VerbTo be brought up to date with news."I hadn't seen her for so long. It was great to catch up."
5.VerbTo 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.VerbTo 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.; I'll go ahead and you can catch me up later."
7.VerbTo 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."
8.VerbTo finally overtake (someone or something) after a long period of approaching (them or it)."His years of drinking were catching up with him."
9.NounAlternative spelling of catch-up.