Synonyms of catch on

catch on

verb

as in to work out

Related Words

• work out
• go over
• come off
• succeed
• pan out
• click
• deliver
• go
• thrive
• flourish
• prosper
• cook
• percolate

Dissimilar Words

• strike out
• wash out
• fail
• miss
• founder
• collapse
• fold
• struggle
• bomb
• flunk
• languish
• flop
• decline
• slip
• flounder
• sink
• wane
• skid
• slump
• crumble
• crack up
• fall down
• choke
• go under
• crash
• miscarry
• flame out
• crater
• implode
• misfire
• self-destruct

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of catch on

Once Tolle was done the Red Sox were in cruise control, though the club endured one scary moment in the seventh when Rafaela crashed into the center field wall at full speed trying to make a catch on what wound up being an RBI triple by Adley Rutschman. —Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 4 June 2026

Adell tracked it down and had his glove up, ready to make the catch on the run. —Jeff Fletcher, Oc Register, 3 June 2026

Some ideas really do catch on and can circle the globe really quickly, and some ideas kind of—don’t. —Sarah Lewin Frasier, Scientific American, 27 May 2026

Kids will be quick to catch on that the narrator and his father are playing a game of hide and seek, occasionally roping the family dog into the fun, and giving readers a chance to play along through clever design choices and illustrations. —Literary Hub, 1 May 2026