catch up
phrasal verbcatch up (on something)
- to find out about things that have happened
- We spent the evening catching up (on each other's news).
catch up (with somebody)
(British English also catch somebody up)
- to reach somebody who is ahead by going faster
- Go on ahead. I'll catch up with you.
- I'll catch you up.
- to reach the same level or standard as somebody who was better or more advanced
- After missing a term through illness, he had to work hard to catch up with the others.