Catch On (Verb)
Meaning 1
Become popular; "This fashion caught on in Paris".
Classification
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc..
Meaning 2
Understand, usually after some initial difficulty; "She didn't know what her classmates were plotting but finally caught on".
Classification
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting.
Examples
- It took the detective a few days to catch on to the clues but eventually he solved the case.
- After several attempts, the new employee finally caught on to the complex software the company used.
- The students started to get restless, but once they caught on to the teacher's lesson plan, they settled down.
- It didn't take her long to catch on to the accents and dialects when she moved to a new city.
- He didn't understand the joke at first, but after everyone laughed, he caught on and chuckled too.