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catch-up

(kăch′ŭp′, kĕch′-)
n.
1. An approach or strategy intended to overcome a disadvantage or lead: The competition will be playing catch-up for the rest of the season.
2. An increase intended to bring an amount or rate up to a standard: "the statutory catch-up of Social Security benefits with the cost of living" (Nation).

catch′-up′ adj.
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catch′-up`


adj.
intended to keep up with or surpass a norm or competitor: catch-up pay raises.
Idioms:
play catch-up, to attempt to overtake a competitor or opponent.
[1835–45, Amer.]

catch•up

(ˈkætʃ əp, ˈkɛtʃ-)

n.
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During this break they like to catch up with their close friends, and tea is an integral part of these catch-ups. Rainbow identified the opportunity to own 11am tea moments and created occasion-based communication, making 11am catch-up moments magical with Cardamom and Low Fat variants.
Ninety percent of the time, the request is to 'catch-up over coffee' somewhere convenient, which in Dubai, is either a hotel with friendly service and free valet parking, or a centrally-located mall.
Q: We have many individuals who utilize the 15-year catch-up election in our 403(b) plan, and, for that and other reasons, it would not be practical to eliminate it immediately.
Final regulations (35) relaxed the "universal availability" requirement, under which a controlled group cannot pick and choose which of its plans will allow catch-up contributions.
Catch-up immunizations now get their own hatched bars and expanded time frames.
Though technology and its uses have changed, the IT organizations at most corporations are still in a catch-up mode when it comes to meeting business-strategy requirements, let alone providing strategic advantage.
Accountants continue to play technology catch-up - upgrading to more powerful computers and software, adding more peripheral equipment and, most important, using this high-tech gear to work more efficiently and effectively.
It's a shame it overlaps with The Night Manager on BBC1 - but that's what catch-up's for.
"I have one friend who still really goes out of her way to catch-up and it means the world, but honestly, even she has to book get-togethers months in advance and will often have to cancel or leave halfway through to breastfeed."
6pm: Every two months our |Board of Trustees meets for a couple of hours to keep me on the right track 8pm (approx): Head home, ready |to walk the dog around the local fields or to the pub, relax with catch-up TV/radio, and gardening in the summer months
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