catch up with

to face something you should have done before

• Your lack of sleep will catch up with you someday.
• When the vacation is over, I will catch up with a lot of work.
• When I return from vacation, I shall have to catch up with a lot of work.

to meet someone after a period of time

• It's a good time to catch up with old friends.
• It's a pity that you didn't catch up with Tom while he was in town.
• Where did you catch up with them?

to reach the same level as someone else

• I catch up with you.
• I'll catch up with you.
• Tom will catch up with us.
• I can't catch up with him.
• I'll catch up with you soon.
• I'll soon catch up with you.
• I'll catch up with you later.
• He'll soon catch up with Tom.
• I will soon catch up with you.
• Tom ran to catch up with Mary.
• We'll catch up with Tom later.
• We'll catch up with you later.
• We'll catch up with him later.
• We'll catch up with her later.
• We'll catch up with them later.
• I had to run to catch up with Tom.
• He'll catch up with us in an hour.
• I should try to catch up with Tom.
• I'm going to go catch up with Tom.
• Tom hurried to catch up with Mary.
• You were lucky to catch up with us.
• You can't hope to catch up with him.
• Tom is trying to catch up with Mary.
• No poverty can catch up with industry.
• I think he will soon catch up with us.
• If you hurry, you'll catch up with him.
• I work hard to catch up with the class.
• He ran too fast for us to catch up with.
• We've got to catch up with Tom and Mary.
• We may not be able to catch up with Tom.
• I'll catch up with you in a few minutes.
• Hurry up, or you won't catch up with him.
• If you hurry, you will catch up with him.
• Go on ahead. I'll catch up with you soon.
• Tom ran like crazy to catch up with Mary.
• We may not be able to catch up with them.
• Walk slowly, and I will catch up with you.
• I quickened my steps to catch up with her.
• I have to run faster to catch up with him.
• I can run fast enough to catch up with him.
• If we go this way we'll catch up with them.
• You walk on and I'll catch up with you later.
• They will catch up with the lead runner soon.
• Tom ran too fast for us to catch up with him.
• Start at once, and you will catch up with him.
• I ran as fast as I could to catch up with her.
• Start right now, and you'll catch up with them.
• You walk on and I will catch up with you later.
• I ran as fast as possible to catch up with him.
• I ran as fast as possible to catch up with her.
• He is working hard to catch up with the others.
• I ran as fast as possible to catch up with them.
• Go ahead. I'll catch up with you in ten minutes.
• I think Tom won't be able to catch up with Mary.
• I think I'll never be able to catch up with Tom.
• He ran so fast that I couldn't catch up with him.
• Tom tried to catch up with Mary, but he couldn't.
• However hard I try, I can never catch up with him.
• It is impossible to catch up with the fast runner.
• He ran so fast that we couldn't catch up with him.
• She walked fast so as to catch up with the others.
• I'm trying to catch up with the rest of the class.
• You have to study hard to catch up with your class.
• He walked as fast as he could to catch up with her.
• John must work hard to catch up with his classmates.
• He ran and ran, but could not catch up with his dog.
• He ran so fast that they couldn't catch up with him.
• She ran very fast to catch up with the other members.
• She walked as fast as she could to catch up with him.
• Tom walked as fast as he could to catch up with Mary.
• Ben is behind them, but he'll soon catch up with them.
• He worked hard to catch up with the rest of the class.
• She had to study hard to catch up with her classmates.
• Since he ran so fast, they couldn't catch up with him.
• However fast you may walk, you can't catch up with him.
• He walked away too quickly for me to catch up with him.
• They couldn't catch up with him because he ran so fast.
• No matter how fast you run, you won't catch up with him.
• So fast did he run that they couldn't catch up with him.
• She ran as fast as she could to catch up with the others.
• No matter how fast you may walk, you can't catch up with him.
• It is difficult to catch up with Japan in the production of cars.
• Running as fast as I could, I was able to catch up with my friend.
• Once you skip a lesson, it's hard to catch up with your classmates.
• She has to study hard and catch up with everybody in her class.
• No matter how hard I try, I will never be able to catch up with him.
• No matter how fast you walk, you won't be able to catch up with him.
• Tom has to study hard and catch up with the other students in his class.
• Tom couldn't catch up with the other students after he came out of his coma.
• Sally missed two weeks of school, so she has to work hard to catch up with her class.
• Sally was absent from school for two weeks, so she has to work hard to catch up with her class.
• Although the accident has delayed progress by one month, we have managed to catch up with the schedule.