(transitive) to get back (something which is lost) / (transitive) to catch up (with) (arrive at the same level as) / (transitive) to catch (e.g. an elevator)

to make up for lost time

(informal) to try to save face, to try to dig oneself out of the hole one has made; to grasp at straws

(informal, of people) each is as bad as the other, they/you are all uniformly bad, they/you are all a worthless, incorrigible bunch

first-person singular simple future of rattraper

third-person plural simple future of rattraper

second-person plural simple future of rattraper

second-person singular simple future of rattraper

second-person plural conditional of rattraper

first-person plural conditional of rattraper