I'd rather we didn't play catch with it. What do you say we call this one off? — Давайте лучше не ввязываться в это дело. Может, стоит отменить все это мероприятие?
Новый англо-русский словарь современной разговорной лексики. - М.:«Русский язык-Медиа» . Глазунов С.А. . 2003.
play catch-up — phrase to try to make as much progress as someone or something that you are competing with All her opponents are now playing catch up. Thesaurus: to make progress, or to achieve somethingsynonym Main entry: catch up * * * 1) fall behind… … Useful english dictionary
play catch-up — to try to make as much progress as someone or something that you are competing with All her opponents are now playing catch up … English dictionary
play — play1 W1S1 [pleı] v ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(children)¦ 2¦(sports/games)¦ 3¦(music)¦ 4¦(radio/cd etc)¦ 5¦(theatre/film)¦ 6 play a part/role 7 play ball 8¦(pretend)¦ 9¦(behave)¦ 10 play games … Dictionary of contemporary English
Something Special (TV series) — Something Special Screenshot from title credits from series 4 Also known as Something Special: Out and About Genre … Wikipedia
play — [plā] vi. [ME plein < OE plegan, to play, be active] 1. to move lightly, rapidly, or erratically; flutter [sunlight playing on the waves] 2. to amuse oneself, as by taking part in a game or sport; engage in recreation 3. to take active part in … English World dictionary
catch-up — catch ,up noun play catch up AMERICAN to try to make as much progress as someone or something that you are competing with … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
catch — catch1 W1S1 [kætʃ] v past tense and past participle caught [ko:t US ko:t] ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(take and hold)¦ 2¦(find/stop somebody)¦ 3¦(see somebody doing something)¦ 4¦(illness)¦ 5 catch somebody by surprise/catch somebody off guard 6 catch somebody… … Dictionary of contemporary English
catch — catchable, adj. /kach/, v., caught, catching, n., adj. v.t. 1. to seize or capture, esp. after pursuit: to catch a criminal; to catch a runaway horse. 2. to trap or ensnare: to catch a fish. 3. to intercept and seize; take and hold (something… … Universalium
catch — 1 verb past tense and past participle caught 1 STOP/TRAP SB (T) a) to stop someone after you have been chasing them and prevent them from escaping: You can t catch me! she yelled, running away across the field. | If the guerrillas catch you, they … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
Catch-22 — For other uses, see Catch 22 (disambiguation). Catch 22 … Wikipedia
catch — verb (past and past participle caught) 1》 intercept and hold (something which has been thrown, propelled, or dropped). ↘seize or take hold of. ↘Cricket dismiss (a batsman) by catching the ball before it touches the ground. 2》 capture (a… … English new terms dictionary
