Catch up
Catch up verb - To catch or hold as if in a net.
Tear
Tear verb - To proceed or move quickly.
Usage example: she tore out of the room as soon as the phone started to ring
Both terms in one sentence
- When the goblins catch up to the healer and the dying mage, the first thing one of them does is tear off the dying mage's blouse to molest her.
Source: Manga / Goblin Slayer - He can't even stop for a few minutes or they will catch up to him and tear him to pieces.
Source: And I Must Scream / Literature -
The moment Lone Wolf strikes the killing blow, milennia of wear and tear catch up to the city, and Lone Wolf has to haul ass out of there.
Source: No Immortal Inertia
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