A catch up with / to catch up with

[englishhobby]

What do the words in pink mean? Is it an idiom for "to socialize"? I can't find this meaning of the phrase in the dictionary.

It’s break now and it gives me a chanceto have a quick catch up with my mates and get something to eat and drink before next lesson.

Is there a verb "to catch up with" meaning "to socialize"?



In Longman Online Dictionary I've only found the following definitions:
catch up with somebody

phrasal verb



1 to finally find someone who has been doing something illegal and punish them:

It took six years for the law to catch up with them.


2 if something bad from the past catches up with you, you cannot avoid dealing with it any longer:

At the end of the movie his murky past catches up with him

 

[SoothingDave]

When you "catch someone up" in AmE, it means you discuss what has been going on in your lives since the last time you met them.

catch up with - definition of catch up with by the Free Online Dictionary, Thesaurus and Encyclopedia.

See #4 under "catch up" here. "To bring (another) up to date; brief:"

I would use it as a verb, not as a noun.

Perhaps in BrE it has another meaning.

 

[bhaisahab]

What do the words in pink mean? Is it an idiom for "to socialize"? I can't find this meaning of the phrase in the dictionary.

It’s break now and it gives me a chanceto have a quick catch up with my matesand get something to eat and drink before next lesson.

Is there a verb "to catch up with" meaning "to socialize"?



In Longman Online Dictionary I've only found the following definitions:
catch up with somebody

phrasal verb



1 to finally find someone who has been doing something illegal and punish them:

It took six years for the law to catch up with them.


2 if something bad from the past catches up with you, you cannot avoid dealing with it any longer:

At the end of the movie his murky past catches up with him

Yes, "to catch up with" can mean to meet up with someone you know socially. In "have a quick catch up" the writer is using "catch up" as a noun.