play catch-up

idiom

: to try to reach the same position, score, etc., as a competitor after one has fallen behind

The team fell behind in the second inning and has had to play catch-up ever since.

The company has been trying to play a difficult game of catch-up ever since its competitor introduced the new product.

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They just got eaten up and fell way too far behind to play catch-up. —

Brad Biggs, Chicago Tribune, 9 Dec. 2024 Qualcomm’s concerted effort with Microsoft in the enabling Windows on Snapdragon X Series has also been impressive though frankly, AMD needs to play catch-up on enabling apps to take advantage of its Ryzen AI NPU. —

Dave Altavilla, Forbes, 10 Sep. 2024 Years of red tape, underinvestment in modernizing infrastructure, and climbing costs have left the country to play catch-up with other advanced economies. —

Samuel Burke, Fortune Europe, 29 Oct. 2024 The cheaper cost of borrowing should propel more economically sensitive sectors to play catch-up as the economic expansion continues. —

Beth Kindig, Forbes, 10 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for play catch-up

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