catch on
phrasal verb with catch verb uk
/kætʃ/ us
/kætʃ/ caught | caught
(BECOME POPULAR)
C1
(UNDERSTAND)
C2 informal
He doesn't take hints very easily, but he'll catch on (to what you're saying) eventually.
- appreciation for something
- apprehend
- apprehensible
- apprehension
- astutely
- bear
- colour
- handle
- know a hawk from a handsaw idiom
- know the score idiom
- know/see where someone is coming from idiom
- latch
- latch on
- speak
- to get a handle on something idiom
- to have a handle on something idiom
- tumble to something
- tune in
- uncomprehending
- understanding