catch up

1. 1.

   reach the point where one should be after a delay

   “I caught up on my homework”

   Broaderreach

   Narrowercome back
2. 2.

   learn belatedly; find out about something after it happened

   “I'm trying to catch up with the latest developments in molecular biology”

   Broaderlearn

Questions about catch up

What does catch up mean?

catch up means "reach the point where one should be after a delay". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.