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Phrase(s): catch someone up in something
[for excitement or interest] to extend to and engross someone. • The fireworks caught everyone up in the excitement. • The accident caught us all up in the resultant confusion., Phrase(s): catch something up in something
to ensnare and capture something in something. • We caught a large number of fish up in the net. • We caught up many fish in the net.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs