Synonym: cotton on, get it, get onto, get wise, latch on, tumble, twig. Similar words: catch, switch on, catches, watch out for, catch fire, catch up with, watch, patch. Meaning: v. 1. understand, usually after some initial difficulty 2. become popular.
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(31) People like Jennifer Grant, director of the Riley Center, would like to see it catch on big time.
(32) It took Jennifer a long time to catch on to the fact that Mary was taking advantage of her.
(33) It's not that hard, once you catch on to it.
(34) The fishing-boats groaned as the men lugged their catch on to the promenade.
(35) Avoid shoes with heavy rubber ridges that can catch on flooring, especially carpet.
(36) Patients catch on to the criterion after a short while and soon are hearing a yes after each card.
(37) We never doubted that the way we did things would catch on.
(38) Your victim would catch on before accelerating to a speed likely to be fatal.
(39) Infants quickly catch on to the mechanics, and the whole process begins to work more smoothly.
(40) Inexperience with people was probably the reason it took Jennifer so long to catch on.
(41) There are still times, even after Jasper, when I have to catch on all over again.
(42) Mirian couldn't catch on to what Paul said.
(43) Sometimes I don't catch on to your jokes.
(44) It's hardly surprising his ideas didn't catch on.
(45) He couldn't catch on to the English idiom.
(46) Cryonics is slowly starting to 1 catch on.
(47) Mothers catch on to what their children think about.
(48) EG: I catch on to the job gradually.
(48) Sentencedict.com try its best to collect and build good sentences.
(49) Did you catch on to what John said?
(50) I don't catch on to jokes you told.
(51) Traditional chefs in China are hoping their local specialty - spring eggs hardboiled in boys' urine - will catch on worldwide.
(52) Apple had some stumbles during Mr. Jobs's second coming, including a cube-shaped Macintosh that failed to catch on and was scrapped in 2001.
(53) Before long the informal organization will catch on to the new work flow.
(54) You climb in thewindow, and fibers of your navy-blue shirt catch on the frame. Polyester.
(55) Zanuck (seeing TV as a competitor to movies) famous last words were predicting it would not catch on. He said he thought "People will soon get tired of staring at a plywood box every night."
(56) I don't quite catch on to what she is saying.
(57) And if they still don't catch on, let them know when you feel unappreciated.
(58) It took a while, but the idea of using travel agents to write online reviews of hotels and destinations did finally catch on, and now seems like a bit of a no-brainer.
(59) A fisherman takes home his catch on the Indonesian island of Bali.
(60) Profligacy is the new prudence. But in Asia, where saving has long been a self-evident virtue, that message has yet to catch on.