Caught up
Caught up adjective - Having become involved involuntarily.
Lost and caught up are semantically related. in involved topic. In some cases you can use "Lost" instead an adjective "Caught up", when it comes to topics like preoccupied.
Mutual synonyms
Both terms in one sentence
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Though, being a comedy show, it's played for laughs and he rarely gets rescued since the protagonists will usually get lost or caught up in something else.
Source: Damsel in Distress -
In The Adversary owing to having lived the years the twins lost, he's caught up a bit.
Source: Literature / Brimstone Angels -
Many planets are former lost colonies, and haven't caught up with everyone else on a technological level.
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