Catch-up

Britain and the U.S. have been playing catch-up ever since.

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"Hannah!" "Leah!" "As I live and breathe! You're back!" "I am!" "How the devil are you?" "All the better for seeing you. Have you got time for a pint? Bit of a catch-up?"

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Rapid expansion of Britain's transport network during the 'railway mania' of the 19th century meant that the testing of engineering principles often played catch-up to the ambitions of progress.

Source: wiktionary

Catch-up is also available on the TV set using Digitial^([sic]) TV Services: BT Vision offers BBC, ITV, 40D and Demand 5 via the TV Replay service.

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