Relationships

catch up properly

have a proper conversation after time apart

If you catch up properly with someone, you have enough time to talk and share news after not seeing each other.

B1 common mostly spoken

expression

Hear it in real life

Sorry, I have to run now.

No problem - let's catch up properly soon.

Play the conversation

We should catch up properly over coffee next week.

The mistake everyone makes

Not: We need to catch properly up.

Say: We need to catch up properly.

Keep "catch up" together and put "properly" after it.

Build it

How it fits in a sentence.

catch up properly with someone; catch up properly over lunch

Your turn: say it out loud

We should catch up properly over coffee next week.

Say it out loud two or three times, until it feels like yours.

catch up properly

have a proper conversation after time apart

“We should catch up properly over coffee next week.”

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