1PHRASAL VERB 捕获;擒获;捉拿到 When people catch up with someone who has done something wrong, they succeed in finding them in order to arrest or punish them. 捕获;擒获;捉拿到
The law caught up with him yesterday. [VERBPREP.PREP. noun]
昨天,他被捉拿归案。
2PHRASAL VERB 和…算旧账;使…最终尝到苦果 If something catches up with you, you are forced to deal with something unpleasant that happened or that you did in the past, which you have been able to avoid until now. 和…算旧账;使…最终尝到苦果
Although he subsequently became a successful businessman, his criminal past caught up with him. [VERBPREP.PREP. noun]