catch up

1transitiveTo pick up suddenly.
2transitive, chiefly passive voiceTo entangle (something).
3transitive, chiefly passive voice, by extensionTo involve in (something); to embroil.
4intransitiveTo be brought up to date with news.
5transitiveTo bring (someone) up to date with the news.
6ambitransitiveTo reach something that had been ahead.
7intransitiveTo compensate for or make up a deficiency.
8(intransitive, of some inevitable phenomenon, with with) To finally overtake or overpower (someone or something) after a long period of approaching or threatening (them or it). (Said especially of self-destructive behaviours that take years to bring about negative outcomes.)