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catch-up

catch-up (plural catch-ups)


noun 
Definition:
 
increase in amount or quality: an increase in the amount or quality of something to bring it up to a desired or established standard
a budgetary catch-up that managed at the last minute to fund the agency through the fourth quarter


play catch-up in a sport or game, to try to match the performance of another competitor

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