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To grab more, move faster than the other chap (5,2)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

catch up

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'the other chap' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are verbs in their base form, I can't understand how one could define the other.

'to grab more move faster' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'grab' could be 'catch' (synonyms) and 'catch' is present in the answer.
The remaining letters 'up' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

'than' is the link.

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(Other definitions for catch up that I've seen before include "Lag no longer" , "Sauce" , "Draw level" , "Regain equality" , "Backward student must try to do this" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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