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catch ups

catch ups is the plural of catch up.

Meaning of catch up

Verb

catch up (third-person singular simple present catches up, present participle catching up, simple past and past participle caught up)

  1. (transitive) To pick up suddenly.
    • Oscar stopped the horses and waved to Carl, who caught up his hat and ran through the melon patch to join them.1913, Willa Cather, O Pioneers!, chapter 3
  2. (transitive, chiefly passive voice) To entangle (something).
    • The speaker wires have got caught up with the wires from the lights.
  3. (broadly, transitive, chiefly passive voice) 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.
  5. (transitive) To bring (someone) up to date with the news.
    • After Alice's vacation, her boss caught her up on policy changes.
  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.

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Questions about catch ups

What is catch ups the plural of?
Catch ups is the plural of catch up.

Words near catch ups in the dictionary

  1. catch the sun
  2. catch the ten
  3. catch title
  4. catch titles
  5. catch up
  6. catch ups
  7. catch weight
  8. catch wind of
  9. catch wreck
  10. catch you later
  11. catch you on the flip side

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