1 PHRASAL 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
2 PHRASAL 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
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Although he subsequently became a successful businessman, his criminal past caught up with him. [VERB PREP. PREP. noun]
尽管后来他成了事业有成的生意人，以前的犯罪前科终究让他尝到了苦果。