Meaning of TO CATCH UP A Really Short English Lesson with Subtitles

READ ALONG TO PRACTICE YOUR ENGLISH AND TO LEARN THE MEANING OF TO CATCH UP (with someone): So I had a chance today to talk to some of my cousins who I hadn t seen for a very long time, and we were able to catch up with each other. In English, when you use the phrase, to catch up, the first meaning in the literal sense would be to walk faster or run to catch up to someone. But that is not how I m using the phrase. When I say that I was able to catch up with my cousins, it means that we talked about th