catch up with somebody phrasal verb (see also catch)

1. to finally find someone who has been doing something illegal and punish them:
It took six years for the law to catch up with them.

2. if something bad from the past catches up with you, you cannot avoid dealing with it any longer:
At the end of the movie his murky past catches up with him.

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

catch up with
• catch up with (someone or something)
to become even with someone (in a race or in schoolwork etc.)
I think that it is too late to catch up with the rest of the class now.

[TahlilGaran] English Idioms Dictionary ▲

catch up with something
• catch up with (someone or something)
to become even with someone (in a race or in schoolwork etc.)
I think that it is too late to catch up with the rest of the class now.

[TahlilGaran] English Idioms Dictionary ▲

catch up with someone
• catch up with (someone or something)
to become even with someone (in a race or in schoolwork etc.)
I think that it is too late to catch up with the rest of the class now.

[TahlilGaran] English Idioms Dictionary ▲