(C2) If something bad that you have done or that has been happening to you catches up with you, it begins to cause problems for you: quỷ tha ma ám ai đóHis lies will catch up with him one day. Những điều nói dối sẽ gây hại cho ông ta vào một ngày nào đó.
to do something that you have not been able to do recently: cập nhật, bắt kịp
I have to catch up on my reading.
(i.v.) to make the sound of food frying in hot oil: xèo xèo
(n) tiếng xèo xèo (chiên đồ ăn trong dầu nóng)
sizzling sausages
increase rapidly above the usual level
ex: soaring costs/prices/temperatures
syn: rocket = tăng nhanh như tên lửa
Unemployment has soared to 10%.
Air pollution will soon soar above safety levels.