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to catch up with
[phrase form: catch]
01
(of someone in authority) to find out that someone did something wrong and decide to do something about it
Grammatical Information
Composition
phrasal
Action verb
Regular
Inseparable
Particle
up with
Base verb
catch
Present tense
catch up with
3rd person singular
catches up with
Present participle
catching up with
Past simple
caught up with
Past participle
caught up with
Examples
Eventually, the legal system caught up with the fraudulent activities of the businessman.
02
to eventually begin to cause someone problems that one has managed to avoid so far
Examples
The consequences of his procrastination finally caught him up.
