"caught up" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-caught up.wav
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  1. simple past and past participle of catch up Tags: form-of, participle, past Form of: catch up Translations (Translations): dejarse llevar por (Spanish), envuelto (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-caught_up-en-verb-xX6pc6aQ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 45 55 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 46 54 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 45 55 Disambiguation of 'Translations': 65 35
  2. (transitive, idiomatic) Involuntarily involved in a situation. Tags: idiomatic, transitive
    Sense id: en-caught_up-en-verb-hHqqxS8p Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 45 55 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 46 54 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 45 55 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 38 62 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 31 69
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