play catch-up

present singular third person plays catch-up · participle present playing catch-up · participle past played catch-up · past played catch-up

1. alsogamesIn a losing scenario, to take risks in an attempt to regain the lead.

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   "We're now having to play catch-up," says the Mayor. "What are we now, five years on from the original announcement? It's probably going to take us another six months to present a business case to government to allow us to make the platform improvements and make sure the knock-on effects to the wider network are taken into account because that has to be costed as well."

   2020 January 2, Graeme Pickering, “Fuelling the changes on Teesside rails”, in Rail, page 59

2. to attend to work that was left undone or that has accumulated after a break or vacation.