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cotton on
cotton on vb 1. to perceive the meaning (of) 2. to make use (of) Thesaurus| Verb | 1. |  cotton on - understand, usually after some initial difficulty; "She didn't know what her classmates were plotting but finally caught on"catch on, get it, get onto, get wise, twig, latch on, tumbleapprehend, comprehend, get the picture, grok, savvy, grasp, compass, dig - get the meaning of something; "Do you comprehend the meaning of this letter?" |
Translationscotton on
cotton onTo begin to understand something; to grasp fully; to catch on. Primarily heard in UK. It took me a few moments to cotton on, but I soon realized that they were talking about me.See also: cotton, oncotton on
Related to cotton on: H&MSynonyms for cotton onverb understand, usually after some initial difficultySynonyms- catch on
- get it
- get onto
- get wise
- twig
- latch on
- tumble
Related Words- apprehend
- comprehend
- get the picture
- grok
- savvy
- grasp
- compass
- dig
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