catch on
verb
caught on; catching on; catches on
1
: to become aware : learn
2
: to become popular
this idea has already caught on
Examples of catch on in a Sentence
she caught on to the fact that they were planning a surprise party
he finally caught on to the concept of phototaxis
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Latin America caught on quickly, and Soda enjoyed massive success, spearheading a wave of rock en español acts.
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Ernesto Lechner, Rolling Stone, 3 May 2025
Sanders caught on to the trick that was being played on him by that point, and in the end, the NFL acted swiftly on a Falcons organization that recently hasn’t been able to get out of its own way.
—Pat Leonard, New York Daily News, 30 Apr. 2025
While under-the-tongue tablets and drops have been popular in Europe for some time, this method hasn’t really caught on in the U.S., where most insurance providers don’t cover it without prior authorization, Meadows says.
—Sarah Klein, Time, 30 Apr. 2025
The addition of Azerbaijan to the Abraham Accords—an idea first published last December in Newsweek—has caught on in Israeli, U.S. and Azerbaijani circles.
—Tom Rogers, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Apr. 2025
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Ernesto Lechner, Rolling Stone, 3 May 2025
Sanders caught on to the trick that was being played on him by that point, and in the end, the NFL acted swiftly on a Falcons organization that recently hasn’t been able to get out of its own way.
—Pat Leonard, New York Daily News, 30 Apr. 2025
While under-the-tongue tablets and drops have been popular in Europe for some time, this method hasn’t really caught on in the U.S., where most insurance providers don’t cover it without prior authorization, Meadows says.
—Sarah Klein, Time, 30 Apr. 2025
The addition of Azerbaijan to the Abraham Accords—an idea first published last December in Newsweek—has caught on in Israeli, U.S. and Azerbaijani circles.
—Tom Rogers, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Apr. 2025
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“Catch on.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/catch%20on. Accessed 11 May. 2025.
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