| VERB | motion | catch up | reach the point where one should be after a delay |
|---|---|---|---|
| cognition | catch up | learn belatedly |
| Meaning | reach the point where one should be after a delay. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s PP | |
| Entails | follow | To travel behind, go after, come after |
| Narrower | come back | even the score, in sports |
| Broader | reach, make, attain, hit, arrive at, gain | Reach a destination / destination, either real or abstract |
| See also | catch | take hold of so as to seize or restrain or stop the motion of |
| Spanish | llegar al nivel, recuperarse | |
| Meaning | Learn belatedly; find out about something after it happened / happened. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s | |
| Example | "I'm trying to catch up with the latest developments in molecular biology" | |
| Broader | learn, larn, acquire | gain knowledge or skills |
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