play catch-up



play catch-up

To try to reach the same level of understanding, accomplishment, etc. as others, typically after a late start. I'm sorry, I'm playing catch-up here—how do you know my wife? I just transferred into this class, so now I have to play catch-up with all the material the professor covered in the first few weeks. Thanks to our terrible start, we've been playing catch-up all season.
See also: play

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Kaley['keili]
Nashwa-Arabic
Aldegondaahl-də-KHAWN-dahDutch
Tihomir-Croatian, Bulgarian, Serbian, Macedonian
Tiernan-Irish
Ronen-Hebrew