| gen. |
overtake; find; catch; run down; come up (кого-либо, что-либо); draw; be at 's heels; gain on; gain upon; waylay (Pippy-Longstocking); catch up (with); creep (о времени, возрасте); follow bard on heels; close in on (come nearer to someone being pursued: "the police were closing in on them" (Oxford Dictionary): As a member of the US Coast Guard, he was stationed between Hawaii and Japan during July-August 1969. On a deck watch on the ship bridge, he was alerted that targets were closing in on the ship, flying in formation at a staggering 3,500 mph (picked up on radar). They saw three bright white objects that flew above the vessel and then disappeared over the horizon.  coasttocoastam.com ART Vancouver); catch up with (vogeler); catch up (catch up with somebody – When people catch up with someone who has done something wrong, they succeed in finding them in order to arrest or punish them: It took six years for the law to catch up with them vogeler); gain; gaining; gain ground; reach; steal on; steal upon one; come up with |
