catch step

/K AE1 CH S T EH0 P/
verb
  1. 1

    To match the pace (of another person or a beat).

  2. 2

    (figurative) To adjust to advances in circumstances or criteria; catch up.

  3. 3

    (figurative) To change so as to function harmoniously with; fit in.

noun
  1. 1

    A step in which one foot meets the other foot without passing it and the weight shifts to the foot that just moved.

  2. 2

    A pause in order to assimilate new information.