catch-up

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catch-up

/ˈkæt͡ʃ.ʌp/ Canada, US, UK
/ˈkɛt͡ʃ.ʌp/ Canada, US, dialectal
/ˈkæt͡ʃ.ɐp/ Australia
/ˈkɛt͡ʃ.ɐp/ New Zealand

Sounds like ketchup (one pronunciation)

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Deverbal from catch up.

noun catch-ups · catchup · catch up

countable, uncountable An act of catching up or attempting to catch up. Rapid expansion of Britain's transport network during the 'railway mania' of the 19th century meant that the testing of engineering principles often played catch-up to the ambitions of progress.
countable, uncountable An amount, a thing, or a receipt or repetition of information that enables one to catch up. Catch-up is also available on the TV set using Digitial^([sic]) TV Services: BT Vision offers BBC, ITV, 40D and Demand 5 via the TV Replay service.

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@misc{catch_up_2026,
  title = {catch-up},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/catch-up},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}