catch-up (also catchup)Definition of catch-up noun informal an act of catching someone up in a particular activity. Phrases play catch-up 1fall behind continually with work or financial matters:I’m always playing catch-up with my homework 2North American try to equal a competitor in a sport or game: we tried to play catch-up in the final periodcatch-up in other Oxford dictionaries Definition of catch-up in the US English dictionary
