Catch up
Catch up verb - To catch or hold as if in a net.
Get back and catch up are semantically related. in find again topic. In some cases you can use "Get back" instead a verb "Catch up".
Get back
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Despite being plastered and his antagonists being armed with crowbars, he manages to not only survive and get back the photo they took—one of the only clues to Kiyoko's home's whereabouts—from them, but runs—REPEATEDLY—to catch up with Kiyoko and his friends.
Source: Anime / Tokyo Godfathers -
After the two of them stop for ice cream, after they get back, the two remaining men chasing them the vicious Red Leary (George Kennedy) and the Gentle Giant Eddie Goody (Geoffrey Lewis) catch up, and they want the money from the robbery.
Source: Film / Thunderbolt and Lightfoot
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Get back and Catch up. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 07, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/catch_up/get_back
Catch up & Get back. N.p., 2016. Web. 07 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/catch_up/get_back>.
Get back or Catch up. 2016. Accessed August 07, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/catch_up/get_back.
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