English-Italian translations for catch up

• mettersi in pari
  I nuovi Stati membri disporranno di un'opportunità unica per mettersi in pari rapidamente e a volte per evitare alcuni dei nostri precedenti errori. New Member States will have a unique possibility to catch up really fast and sometimes to avoid some of our previous mistakes.
  Dopo un avvio tumultuoso negli anni '90, la Slovacchia è riuscita a mettersi in pari con i paesi del primo gruppo nel processo di negoziato, un'impresa per cui merita infiniti complimenti. After a tumultuous start in the 90s, Slovakia has managed to catch up with those in the lead in the negotiating process, for which it deserves a huge compliment.
• raggiungere
  L'obiettivo era raggiungere gli Stati Uniti sul piano economico entro il 2010. The objective was to catch up with the United States economically by 2010.
  Rendono impossibile ai nuovi Stati membri recuperare terreno per raggiungere gli Stati membri più ricchi. They make it impossible for the new Member States to catch up with the richer Member States.
  Se vogliamo conseguire gli obiettivi di Lisbona dobbiamo raggiungere l'America, se non addirittura superarla, anche in questo settore. We must catch up on America, or overtake them, if we want to achieve the Lisbon objectives in this area.

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