Catch up meaning
Catch up is a phrasal verb with 3 meanings. One of them is to improve until reaching the same standard or level as another person or thing.
- Past simple
- caught up
- Past participle
- caught up
- -ing form
- catching up
What catch up means
reach an equal standardC1
To improve until reaching the same standard or level as another person or thing
Smaller firms are rapidly catching up with their larger competitors.
2 more meanings of catch up are in the Retite app, each with an example and a translation into your language.
More meanings in the appSimilar phrasal verbs
With catch: catch on.
With up: wake up, pick up, grow up, line up, make up, set up, put up, go up, bring up, mess up.
Common questions
What does catch up mean?
It has 3 meanings. One of them is to improve until reaching the same standard or level as another person or thing. The other 2, each with an example and a translation into your language, are in the Retite app.
What is the past tense of catch up?
Caught up, which is also its past participle.
Meanings and examples are written by Retite. The meanings follow Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0). Levels are based on the CEFR-J Wordlist and set by Retite.
