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CATCH UP
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I. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Learn belatedly; find out about something after it happened
Example:
I'm trying to catch up with the latest developments in molecular biology
Classified under:
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting
Hypernyms (to "catch up" is one way to...):
acquire; larn; learn (gain knowledge or skills)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s
Sense 2
Meaning:
Reach the point where one should be after a delay
Example:
I caught up on my homework
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Hypernyms (to "catch up" is one way to...):
arrive at; attain; gain; hit; make; reach (reach a destination, either real or abstract)
"Catch up" entails doing...:
follow (to travel behind, go after, come after)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "catch up"):
come back (even the score, in sports)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP
