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. Joe Walsh:

   I think this thing ... will catch on like wildfire.

2. Ralph Waldo Emerson:

   You cannot burn out until you catch on fire

3. Aaron Jordan:

   If it would catch on fire it would catch the building next to it on fire, it needs to be 10 feet away from the lot line.

4. Kent Wong:

   There is a lot of experimentation going on, sometimes these very small-scale, very creative campaigns can catch on. Sometimes they don't. It's hard to predict.

5. Corbin Williams:

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