to become popular or fashionable
to understand
He climbed the ladder and cut the sling, allowing the full weight of the man to catch on the bound arms.
He didn't really catch on, Jolil thought, it was another reading exercise to him.
He didn’t catch on at first.
She saw Gaspare Cusimano and the older Amato girl in the lavatory -- the catch on the door not properly fastened.
She took an instinctive step away from him only to feel her heel catch on the ice cream carton.
Sports drinks have caught on as consumers have become more health-conscious.
Then I caught on to what it was the man was saying.
catches on
catching on
caught on
There is no origin for this phrasal verb
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