English-Finnish translations for catch up

• kuroa välimatka umpeen
• saada kiinni
  Minusta meidän on aivan erityisen tärkeää saada kiinni amerikkalaisten etumatka Internetin käytössä. I think it is particularly important that we catch up with the Americans.
  Toivon myös, että töissä kasautuneet viiveet voidaan saada kiinni ja että työt saadaan päätökseen sovitussa ajassa. I also hope that they are able to catch up on accrued delays and finish work by the end of the agreed time period.
• saavuttaa
  Muille maille on annettava reilu tilaisuus saavuttaa Viro. The other countries must be given a fair chance to catch up.
  Tavoitteena oli saavuttaa Yhdysvaltojen taloudellista tilannetta vastaava tilanne vuoteen 2010 mennessä. The objective was to catch up with the United States economically by 2010.
  Päästökauppajärjestelmää koskeva ehdotus nykyisessä muodossaan ristiriitaisuuksineen ja paisuvine kustannuksineen saavuttaa meidät. With the ETS proposal in its current form, inconsistencies and ballooning costs will catch up with us.
• vaihtaa kuulumisia

Definition of catch up

• To pick up suddenly
• To entangle
• To be brought up to date with news
• To bring up to date with the news
• To reach something that had been ahead
• To compensate for or make up a deficiency
• An act of catching up or attempting to catch up

Examples

• The speaker wires have got caught up with the wires from the lights.
• I hadnt seen her for so long. It was great to catch up.
• After Alices vacation, her boss caught her up on policy changes.
• Rose was three seconds behind, but managed to catch up with the race leader and eventually won.
• Ill go ahead and you can catch me up later.

Related words

• catching up
• catch up with
• race to catch up
• catch-up
• catchup
• catching-up process