CATCH ON meaning: Become popular or widely accepted

We found 18 dictionaries that define the word catch on:

General (15 matching dictionaries)

catch on: Merriam-Webster
catch on: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
catch on: Collins English Dictionary
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catch on: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
catch on: Wiktionary
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catch on: Rhymezone
catch on: Phrasal Verb Page
catch on: FreeDictionary.org
catch on: Mnemonic Dictionary
catch on: TheFreeDictionary.com
catch on: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

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catch on: Encyclopedia

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catch on: Idioms

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catch on: Green’s Dictionary of Slang

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Definitions from Wiktionary (catch on)

▸ verb:  (intransitive, idiomatic) To understand; to begin to understand; to realize.
▸ verb:  (intransitive, idiomatic) To become popular; to become commonplace; to become the standard.
▸ verb:  (intransitive, New England, dated, of food) To become stuck to the cooking vessel; to brown or burn slightly.

Opposite:

fail to understand, not get, misunderstand, be unaware, be clueless

Types:

take hold, gain popularity, spread, more...

Phrases:

catch up on, catch on fire, likely to catch on quickly, a lot of paperwork to catch up on, paperwork to catch up on, more...

Adjectives:

catching, hit, tag, hold, w/o, hend, runaway, run, gripple, own, best

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