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catch on
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Princeton's WordNet
catch on, get wise, get onto, tumble, latch on, cotton on, twig, get itverb
understand, usually after some initial difficulty
"She didn't know what her classmates were plotting but finally caught on"
catch onverb
become popular
"This fashion caught on in Paris"
Wiktionary
catch onverb
to begin to understand; to realize or detect
catch onverb
to become popular; to become commonplace; to become the standard
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of catch on in Chaldean Numerology is: 1
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of catch on in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1
Examples of catch on in a Sentence
Some people think steel shafts will catch on, but I don't want to rush into it.
Darling, it doesn't matter that you didn't make the advanced reading class, but if you don't really believe that, trust me, your kid is going to catch on, and fast.
It's noticeable that the financial institutions here are very eager to hear what entrepreneurs and start-ups are doing, because they've seen a little bit earlier that it's something they need to catch on to.
I thought it would be a hit but I didn’t anticipate that it would take so long to catch on, or that it would become this phenomenon, or that it would be so ignored by the industry. That really floored me, because I knew how good we were; we all did.
The capybaras are the highlight of our zoo, so we're taking the Year of the Rat as an opportunity to push their popularity up even more, we're really hoping that this will catch on with people from all over the world visiting Japan too.
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