Meaning of catch step | Babel Free

Definitions

1. To match the pace (of another person or a beat).
2. To change so as to function harmoniously with; fit in.
   figuratively
3. To adjust to advances in circumstances or criteria; catch up.
   figuratively

Examples

“They always start wrong, somehow, when they go out together, and then, while he tries to catch step with her, she endeavors to get in with him. After both have been shuffling about over the pavement for several minutes in a perfectly absurd manner, they go ahead out of step just as before.”

“Confronted by the beloved music of the South, the old veterans broke into cheers as they left their trains, and unconsciously caught step in time with the music.”

“Often he'd catch step with a child and march with him to the inside stairway, then he'd go back and take his place on the steps, and when another child came by that attracted him by his soldierly manner, he'd catch step and walk with him to the inside stairway shouting, “ left, left, left, right, left.””

“He had an arm about her firmly in an instant, and when they had caught step with the music he held her close to him.”

“And so the pageant moves on and you and I now catch step and for a short time will play our part in making the pattern of the Federation of this day.”

“It was a wonderfully happy day, and I want you to catch step with your comrades, and let bickerings and anger and hatred all fall away in our love for God's good sunshine and love for this great Republic.”

“Speakers sometimes fail to "catch step" with the camp experiences; no speaker should be brought in for the last evening who has not shared with campers all week in their fun as well as their more serious moments.”

“This great moment in the history of a tangled world is a moment to determine the direction of God and to catch step.”

“When I'm eccentric, catch step with me.”

“The quickest way to get acquainted with these new conditions is to have them slap us in the face. Wait till we all catch step again, and then watch this country.”

“I had now to take myself over, a going concern, and try to catch step with a swift-moving and clamorous world.”

“By organized effort, farmers were struggling to catch step with the economy – so Dr. Taylor argues.”

“Lacey was behind in his quest of learning, but Clifton insisted that he need only to apply himself diligently, and he would catch step with the best of his group.”

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