catch-up Hear it!

catch-up definition

catch·-up (-up′)

adjective

of or having to do with catching up
catch-up Idioms

play catch-up (ball)

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to try to equal or surpass one's opponent in competition, as a ballgame, in which one is behind

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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