Catch up
Catch up verb - To catch or hold as if in a net.
Distance
Distance verb - Go far ahead of.
Both terms in one sentence
- Combine this with the plane being some distance from the observer and/or target when he fires, and it takes a few seconds for the sound of the gun to catch up with the projectiles.
- Unfortunately, Donna lands in the past a significant distance away from her past self and isn't able to catch up in time to talk to her personally.
- He often is seen in the distance during firefights with aliens or soldiers, calmly going his way, often into rooms or side passages that turn out to be dead ends without any doors when you try to catch up with him.
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