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Antonyms for catch up to


Grammar : Verb
Spell : kach
Phonetic Transcription : kætʃ



Definition of catch up to

Origin :
  • late 14c., "device to hold a latch of a door," also "a trap;" also "a fishing vessel," from catch (v.). Meaning "action of catching" attested from 1570s. Meaning "that which is caught or worth catching" (later especially of spouses) is from 1590s. Sense of "hidden cost, qualification, etc." is slang first recorded 1855 in P.T. Barnum.
  • As in reach : verb arrive at

Synonyms for catch up to

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