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B@rt Posted 19 years ago
Vocabulary
catch up - catch up on
"Every town I go to is like a lock without a key
Those I leave behind are catching up on me"
How to understand the last verse, the meaning on "catch up (on)" here?
Please help!
Those I leave behind are catching up on me"
How to understand the last verse, the meaning on "catch up (on)" here?
Please help!
Top answer
I would say that in this context it's a variant of catch up with . Suppose you and I want to go a restaurant after work. I can't go immediately, but I can go after finishing a little more work that I have to do, so I tell you to go on ahead, and that I'll catch up with you later.
- I would say that in this context it's a variant of catch up with .
- Suppose you and I want to go a restaurant after work.
- I can't go immediately, but I can go after finishing a little more work that I have to do, so I tell you to go on ahead, and that I'll catch up with you later.
- Suppose you and I are in a competition -- a race.
- After a few minutes you are ahead of me, but you start to get tired.
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I would say that in this context it's a variant of catch up with.
Suppose you and I want to go a restaurant after work. I can't go immediately, but I can go after finishing a little more work that I have to do, so I tell you to go on ahead, and that I'll catch up with you later.
Suppose you and I are in a competition -- a race. After a few minutes y
Suppose you and I want to go a restaurant after work. I can't go immediately, but I can go after finishing a little more work that I have to do, so I tell you to go on ahead, and that I'll catch up with you later.
Suppose you and I are in a competition -- a race. After a few minutes y
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