catch up

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• verb transitive To pick up suddenly.
• verb transitive To entangle.
• verb transitive To provide with news.
• verb intransitive To be reaching something that had been ahead
• verb intransitive To compensate for or make up a deficiency.
• verb intransitive To get news
• verb intransitive To finally reach something inevitable.
• noun An act of catching up or attempting to catch up.
• noun An amount, a thing, or a receipt or repetition of information that enables one to catch up.