Catching up with/ Catching up on

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Dear all,I would like to know which of the following sentences are correct.1.I guess my age is catching up with me.2.I guess my age is catching up on me.Thanking you.

Clive · Accepted Answer

I wouldn't say #2 is wrong, bu I usually hear and read #1.

Clive

GPY · Answer

I would say "with". It is possible that some people may say "on".

https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=catching+up+on+me%2C+catching+up+with+me&year_start=1800&year_end=2000&corpus=15&smoothing=3

cat navy 4251.I guess my age is catching up with me.

Please note that this spacing is incorrect. It should be like this:

1. I guess my age is catching up with me.

Jack Dammit · Answer

Hail the Cat Navy.

Please examine http://sentencedict.com/catch%20up.html

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/catch%20up%20on

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/catch%20up%20with

Liberally plagiarizing from or paraphrasing the above definitions:

"Catch up with" means to advance quickly enough to join someone or something in front of you (I caught up with the runner ahead of me) or adversely affect someone (my lack of sleep finally caught up with me).

"Catch up on" means learning about or doing something which one should or could have done earlier (I caught up on my sleep this weekend).

Yours in earnest,

Jay Dee

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