'To catch up' definitions:
Definition of 'To catch up'
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- Catch \Catch\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Caughtor Catched; p. pr. & vb. n. Catching. Catched is rarely used.] [OE. cacchen, OF. cachier, dialectic form of chacier to hunt, F. chasser, fr. (assumend) LL. captiare, for L. capture, V. intens. of capere to take, catch. See Capacious, and cf. Chase, Case a box.] [1913 Webster]
- 1. To lay hold on; to seize, especially with the hand; to grasp (anything) in motion, with the effect of holding; as, to catch a ball. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To seize after pursuing; to arrest; as, to catch a thief. "They pursued . . . and caught him." --Judg. i. 6. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To take captive, as in a snare or net, or on a hook; as, to catch a bird or fish. [1913 Webster]
- 4. Hence: To insnare; to entangle. "To catch him in his words". --Mark xii. 13. [1913 Webster]
- 5. To seize with the senses or the mind; to apprehend; as, to catch a melody. "Fiery thoughts . . . whereof I catch the issue." --Tennyson. [1913 Webster]
- 6. To communicate to; to fasten upon; as, the fire caught the adjoining building. [1913 Webster]
- 7. To engage and attach; to please; to charm. [1913 Webster]
- The soothing arts that catch the fair. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
- 8. To get possession of; to attain. [1913 Webster]
- Torment myself to catch the English throne. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 9. To take or receive; esp. to take by sympathy, contagion, infection, or exposure; as, to catch the spirit of an occasion; to catch the measles or smallpox; to catch cold; the house caught fire. [1913 Webster]
- 10. To come upon unexpectedly or by surprise; to find; as, to catch one in the act of stealing. [1913 Webster]
- 11. To reach in time; to come up with; as, to catch a train. [1913 Webster]
- To catch fire, to become inflamed or ignited.
- to catch it to get a scolding or beating; to suffer punishment. [Colloq.]
- To catch one's eye, to interrupt captiously while speaking. [Colloq.] "You catch me up so very short." --Dickens.
- To catch up, to snatch; to take up suddenly. [1913 Webster]
Words containing 'To catch up'
- Catch,
- Catched,
- Catching,
- To catch at,
- To catch up with,
- catch it,
- catch on,
- catch out,
- catch up,
- catch up with,
- to catch it,
- Catch crop,
- Catch title,
- Catching bargain,
- Fair catch,
- Glottal catch,
- Tallow catch,
- To catch a crab,
- To catch a tartar,
- To catch fire,
- by-catch,
- catch a glimpse,
- catch a wink,
- catch at straws,
- catch cold,
- catch fire,
- catch phrase,
- catch sight,
- catch some z's,
- catch-as-catch-can wrestling,
- eaves catch,
- safety catch,
- shoestring catch,
- Catch-basin,
- Catch-cropping,
- Catch-meadow,
- Cony-catch,
- Fly-catching,
- To catch one flatfooted,
- To catch one's eye,
- To catch upon the hip,
- catch one's breath,
- eye-catching,
- Fly-catching warbler,
- fly-catching thrush