Break
Break verb - To cause to separate into pieces usually suddenly or forcibly.
Catch up
Catch up verb - To catch or hold as if in a net.
Both terms in one sentence
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Partly because she's trying to subtly break him away from Chitoge, and partly to try and "catch up" regarding his feelings, as she's a little behind the other girls.
Source: Manga / Nisekoi -
Presumably, the characters take a minute's break between each series of blows to allow the commentators to catch up.
Source: Talking Is a Free Action -
It's a break for everyone except Itsuki, anyway, because his increasing play time in PSO2 has started dropping his grades, so he is forced to catch up while everyone else has fun.
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