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We found 3 dictionaries that define the word catch ups:

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  1. catch-ups: Merriam-Webster
  2. catch-ups, catch ups: Wiktionary
  3. catch-ups: Dictionary.com

(Note: See catch_up as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (catch up)

verb:  (transitive) To pick up suddenly.
verb:  (transitive) To entangle (something).
verb:  (transitive, by extension) To involve in (something).
verb:  (intransitive) To be brought up to date with news.
verb:  (transitive) To bring (someone) up to date with the news.
verb:  (ambitransitive) To reach something that had been ahead.
verb:  (intransitive) To compensate for or make up a deficiency.
verb:  (intransitive, of some inevitable phenomenon, with with) To finally overtake (someone or something) after a long period of approaching (them or it).
noun:  Alternative spelling of catch-up [An act of catching up or attempting to catch up.]
▸ Also see catch_up





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