Catch someone up

[Rowan McMullin]

"Catch me up" is a phrase my family has been using for the last 20 years or
so, as in "I'll catch you up on the rest when you come into town tomorrow."

-Rowan

On 12/12/06, neil <neil at typog.co.uk> wrote:
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> I'm aware of losing teams playing catch-up rugby when they have to be more
> expansive and risk-taking.
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> I'm also familiar with meeting someone to catch up on the latest news.
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> But the following use is new to me. Is it a recent formulation?
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> "And Jim? How is he?"
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> "He's the best. He's wonderful, Alex." [...]
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> "You'll catch me up on what he's doing."
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> --Linda Fairstein, 'Death Dance', Little Brown, 2006, 275
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> Neil Crawford
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