Question

Rose was three seconds behind, but managed to catch up with the race leader and eventually won.  Homophone: catchuphttps://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/catchup#English

Accepted Answer

(intransitivehttps://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#intransitive) To reach something that had been aheadhttps://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/ahead.

Sentence	Rose was three seconds behind, but managed to catch up with the race leader and eventually won.
Definition	( intransitive https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#intransitive ) To reach something that had been ahead https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/ahead .
Pronunciation	Homophone: catchup https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/catchup#English

Rose Seconds Managed Catch Race Leader Eventually Won