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catch up

[kach-uhp] / ˈkætʃˌʌp /








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It is a dilemma plenty of people in the UK will be wrestling with over the next few weeks - stay up for the match, or catch up the morning after.

From BBC • Jun. 11, 2026

Brian Barbetta: People expect the law of large numbers to catch up with companies whose revenue is growing by 15%-plus a year.

From Barron's • Jun. 11, 2026

It would take a long time to catch up with the lower pension with those 3% annual increases — 19 years, in fact.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 11, 2026

He wrote: “smh, promising things we can’t do is going to catch up with us one day.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026

In the corridor she hurried to catch up with her mother and father.

From "Secrets at Sea" by Richard Peck




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