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Angliholic Posted 19 years ago
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make the catching up faster

All that is needed is a little more effort to make the catching up faster.

Does "catching up" refer to "keeping up with" or something else? Thanks.
  

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Yes, it's something like "keeping up with", but more exactly, it's making progress so as to achieve a level or status already attained by by someone else or defined by some standard. If you are ten meters ahead of me in a race, and I simply keep up with you, I will remain ten meters behind. The distance between us remains the same as long as we both run at the same speed.

— CalifJim

  • Yes, it's something like "keeping up with", but more exactly, it's making progress so as to achieve a level or status already attained by by someone else or defined by some standard.
  • If you are ten meters ahead of me in a race, and I simply keep up with you, I will remain ten meters behind.
  • The distance between us remains the same as long as we both run at the same speed.
  • But if I want to win, just keeping up with you won't help.
  • I have to decrease the distance between us.
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Yes, it's something like "keeping up with", but more exactly, it's making progress so as to achieve a level or status already attained by by someone else or defined by some standard.

If you are ten meters ahead of me in a race, and I simply keep up with you, I will remain ten meters behind. The distance between us remains the same as long as we both run at the same speed.
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CalifJimYes, it's something like "keeping up with", but more exactly, it's making progress so as to achieve a level or status already attained by by someone else or defined by some standard.

If you are ten meters ahead of me in a race, and I simply keep up with you, I will remain ten meters behind. The distance between us remains the same as long as we both run
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