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Definition of 'catch on'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (verb) catch on, get wise, get onto, tumble, latch on, cotton on, twig, get it
understand, usually after some initial difficulty
"She didn't know what her classmates were plotting but finally caught on"

2. (verb) catch on
become popular
"This fashion caught on in Paris"

Definition of 'catch on'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (verb) catch on
to start to become popular
when rap began to catch on

2. catch on
to begin to understand; = grasp
She was slow to catch on to the idea.

Translation of 'catch on'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: to become popular The fashion caught on.
Afrikaans: populêr word, inslaan	Arabic: يَشيعُ، يَروجُ، يَنْتَشِر	Bulgarian: ставам известен
Brazilian: espalhar-se	Czech: uchytit se	German: Anklang finden
Danish: slå an	Greek: γίνομαι δημοφιλής	Spanish: ponerse de moda
Estonian: moodi minema	Farsi: مد شدن	Finnish: tulla muotiin
French: prendre	Hebrew: לְהִתפָּרסֵם	Hindi: लोकप्रिय हो जाना
Croatian: postati popularan	Hungarian: sikere van	Indonesian: jadi populer
Icelandic: verða vinsæll	Italian: diventare di moda	Japanese: 流行する
Korean: 유행되다	Lithuanian: prigyti	Latvian: nākt modē
Malay: mengikuti	Dutch: aanslaan	Norwegian: slå an, bli populær
Polish: chwytać	Persian: مد شدن	Pashto: اسان،مشهور،ارزان،رواجي، ا
Portuguese: espalhar-se	Romanian: a prinde	Russian: привиться
Slovak: uchytiť sa	Slovenian: prijeti se	Serbian: postati popularan
Swedish: bli populär	Thai: ได้รับความนิยม	Turkish: moda olmak, rağbet görmek
Taiwanese: 變得流行	Ukrainian: стати популярним	Urdu: رائج ہونا ، مقبول ہونا
Vietnamese: nổi tiếng	Chinese: 变得流行
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