Synonyms for catch on
catch on

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1. catch onverb

   Antonyms:
   go the way of the dinosaurs

2. catch onverb

   He didn't have to explain; I caught on right away.

   Antonyms:
   go the way of the dinosaurs

3. catch onverb

   It's a crummy idea, and I certainly hope it does not catch on.

   Antonyms:
   go the way of the dinosaurs

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1. catch on, get wise, get onto, tumble, latch on, cotton on, twig, get itverb

   understand, usually after some initial difficulty

   "She didn't know what her classmates were plotting but finally caught on"

   Synonyms:
   whirl around, topple, tip, break down, get onto, fasten on, latch on, collapse, cotton on, whirl, seize on, crumble, hook on, tumble, twig, take up, get it, get wise, crumple

2. catch onverb

   become popular

   "This fashion caught on in Paris"

   Synonyms:
   twig, tumble, get onto, get it, cotton on, get wise, latch on

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How to use catch on in a sentence?

1. Corbin Williams:

   I noticed cigarette burn holes in my cabana's roof, I assumed they had been flicked from above balconies, and I had that exact thought, that these things could catch on fire.

2. Suniya Luthar:

   Darling, it doesn't matter that you didn't make the advanced reading class, but if you don't really believe that, trust me, your kid is going to catch on, and fast.

3. Ralph Waldo Emerson:

   You cannot burn out until you catch on fire

4. Masahiro Takeda:

   The capybaras are the highlight of our zoo, so we're taking the Year of the Rat as an opportunity to push their popularity up even more, we're really hoping that this will catch on with people from all over the world visiting Japan too.

5. Stephanie Reddick:

   I thought it would be a hit but I didn’t anticipate that it would take so long to catch on, or that it would become this phenomenon, or that it would be so ignored by the industry. That really floored me, because I knew how good we were; we all did.