catch (someone) up
phrasal verb with catch verb uk/kætʃ/ us/kætʃ/ caught | caught
B2 赶上…
to reach someone in front of you by going faster than them
I ran after her and managed to catch up with her. 我在她后面追，终于赶上了她。
UK Go on to the shops without me, I'll catch you up. 你先去商店吧，我会赶上你的。
- More examples
- He's lagging behind a bit - I think we'd better wait for him to catch us up.
- The leader is about 50 yards ahead and I'd be amazed if the others can catch her up.
- There is still plenty of time in this race for our athlete to catch up.
- She only started walking a few minutes ago - you can easily catch her up.
- The others ran down the platform and then waited impatiently for me to catch them up, with all the luggage.