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CATCH ON
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I. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Become popular
Example:
This fashion caught on in Paris
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "catch on" is one way to...):
change (undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Something is ----ing PP
Sense 2
Meaning:
Understand, usually after some initial difficulty
Example:
She didn't know what her classmates were plotting but finally caught on
Synonyms:
catch on; cotton on; get it; get onto; get wise; latch on; tumble; twig
Classified under:
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting
Hypernyms (to "catch on" is one way to...):
apprehend; compass; comprehend; dig; get the picture; grasp; grok; savvy (get the meaning of something)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP
