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caught up

caught up verb: involuntarily involved in a situation. Also the simple past and past participle of catch up.

Verb

caught up

  1. (idiomatic, transitive) Involuntarily involved in a situation.
    • The invited guest was caught up in a family quarrel.

Also used as

caught up is also the simple past and past participle of catch up.

Questions about caught up

What does caught up mean?
Caught up means involuntarily involved in a situation.
What part of speech is caught up?
Caught up is a verb.

Words near caught up in the dictionary

  1. caught strays
  2. caught the bus
  3. caught the eye
  4. caught the light
  5. caught the sun
  6. caught up
  7. caught with one's pants down
  8. caught with the cookie jar
  9. caught wreck
  10. caught Z's
  11. caughten

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