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Madhulk Posted 16 years ago
Vocabulary

To play catchup...

Clark: Guess I shouldn't be surprised that you've decided
to follow in your father's footsteps.
Zatanna: A lot can change in a year.
Clark: Somehow I don't think you detoured
your road show to play catchup.
That she abandoned her road show
just like that?
  

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To play catch-up = to attempt to catch up with: play catch-up , Informal. to make a special effort to overcome a late start, a liability, or the advantage a competitor has: After Russia launched the first space satellite, other countries had to play catch-up.

  • To play catch-up = to attempt to catch up with: play catch-up , Informal.
  • to make a special effort to overcome a late start, a liability, or the advantage a competitor has: After Russia launched the first space satellite, other countries had to play catch-up.
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To play catch-up = to attempt to catch up with:

play catch-up, Informal. to make a special effort to overcome a late start, a liability, or the advantage a competitor has: After Russia launched the first space satellite, other countries had to play catch-up.
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Thanks, Mister Micawber!

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