catch up

prendre des nouvelles, se mettre au courant

Apprendre les dernières nouvelles, souvent en parlant avec quelqu’un qu’on n’a pas vu depuis un certain temps.

En anglais simple : You learn what has happened recently, often by talking to someone you have not seen for a while.

• Let’s catch up over lunch.
• We caught up on family news yesterday.
• Have you caught up with Sam since he returned?

Comment l'utiliser : catch up with someone (I caught up with an old friend yesterday.); catch up on something (Let’s catch up on the latest news.)

Synonymes : get up to date

Expressions courantes : catch up with someone, catch up on news, catch up over coffee

rattraper, rejoindre

Rejoindre quelqu’un qui est devant ou atteindre le même niveau d’avancement que les autres.

En anglais simple : You reach someone ahead of you or reach the same level of progress as others.

• Wait! I need to catch up.
• He caught up with the other runners.
• After missing a month of school, she worked hard to catch up.

Comment l'utiliser : catch up with/to someone/something (She ran faster to catch up with her brother.)

Synonymes : draw level, get level

Contraires : fall behind

Expressions courantes : catch up with someone, catch up to someone

entraîner, se laisser emporter

Se retrouver fortement impliqué dans une situation, souvent sans l’avoir voulu.

En anglais simple : Someone becomes deeply involved in a situation, often without meaning to.

• She got caught up in the excitement.
• Innocent people were caught up in the fighting.
• Don’t get caught up in office gossip.

Comment l'utiliser : be/get caught up in something (He got caught up in an argument.); catch someone up in something (The excitement caught us up in the celebrations.)

Synonymes : involve, embroil

Expressions courantes : catch up someone, catch up the crowd

mettre au courant, informer

Donner à quelqu’un les dernières nouvelles ou lui expliquer ce qu’il a manqué.

En anglais simple : You tell someone the latest news or explain what they have missed.

• Please catch me up on the news.
• Her manager caught her up on the changes.
• I’ll catch you up after lunch.

Comment l'utiliser : catch someone up on something (Can you catch me up on yesterday’s meeting?)

Synonymes : update, fill in, brief

Expressions courantes : catch someone up, catch the team up

emmêler, s’emmêler

Quelque chose s’emmêle avec autre chose ou s’y trouve coincé.

En anglais simple : Something becomes twisted together with, or trapped in, another thing.

• The net caught up several loose ropes.
• My hair got caught up in the branches.
• The two cables had become caught up with each other.

Comment l'utiliser : be/get caught up in something (Her scarf got caught up in the wheel.); be/get caught up with something (The cable is caught up with the other wires.)

Synonymes : entangle, tangle up

Contraires : untangle

Expressions courantes : catch up something, catch up the wires

saisir vivement, soulever

Prendre ou soulever quelque chose rapidement, souvent d’un geste brusque.

En anglais simple : You quickly pick something up, often with a sudden movement.

• She caught up her bag and ran.
• He caught the baby up in his arms.
• Catching up his coat, Daniel hurried outside.

Comment l'utiliser : catch someone/something up (She caught the child up in her arms.)

Synonymes : snatch up, scoop up

Expressions courantes : catch up a child, catch up a bag