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as in to trap
to catch or hold as if in a net
a young idealist who got caught up in the political fanaticism of the times
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2
as in to fascinate
to hold the attention of as if by a spell
completely caught up in opera ever since he saw La Traviata
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as in to interest
to hold the attention of
so caught up in the game that she didn't note the passage of time
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as in to inform
to give information to
catch me up on what's been happening at the office
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Global oil prices fell by about 70% between 2014-16, which pushed pump prices sharply lower and helped low-income Americans catch up.
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Medora Lee, USA TODAY, 25 Oct. 2024
During one of the commercial breaks, Garfield and the talk show host were catching up.
—Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 24 Oct. 2024
Ahead of the book’s release, Maines caught up with Them to talk about finding catharsis through storytelling, the crushing politicization of trans youth, and her real secret origin story as a fanfic writer.
—Samantha Riedel, Them, 15 Oct. 2024
Those were the primitive days before the internet, when people sat down at the kitchen table once a month to catch up on their bank balance and reconcile the log for their checking account.
—Robert Goulder, Forbes, 15 Oct. 2024
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Medora Lee, USA TODAY, 25 Oct. 2024
During one of the commercial breaks, Garfield and the talk show host were catching up.
—Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 24 Oct. 2024
Ahead of the book’s release, Maines caught up with Them to talk about finding catharsis through storytelling, the crushing politicization of trans youth, and her real secret origin story as a fanfic writer.
—Samantha Riedel, Them, 15 Oct. 2024
Those were the primitive days before the internet, when people sat down at the kitchen table once a month to catch up on their bank balance and reconcile the log for their checking account.
—Robert Goulder, Forbes, 15 Oct. 2024
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“Catch up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/catch%20up. Accessed 4 Nov. 2024.
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