catch on | Idiomator

Meaning: (intransitive,idiomatic)Tounderstand; to begin to understand; torealize.Synonyms:cotton on,glom onHe didn't have to explain; Icaught onright away.She's beencatching onpretty well.; (intransitive,idiomatic)To becomepopular; to becomecommonplace; to become thestandard.1921, W. F. Grew,The Cycle Industry, London, page74:They were largely advertised, important firms rented expensive shops for retail purposes, and at one time it looked as though the American bicycle wouldcatch on. The attempted invasion failed; a small army reached our shores but it got swallowed up and the officers retired with discomfiture.It's a crummy idea, and I certainly hope it does notcatch on.At first, many people didn't like that kind of music, but after a while itcaught on.; (intransitive,New England,dated,of food)To become stuck to the cooking vessel; tobrownorburnslightly.2011, Mark Gaier, Clark Frasier, Rachel Forrest, Ron Manville,Maine Classics: More than 150 Delicious Recipes from Down East, Philadelphia: Running Press,→ISBN, page172:They waited for the pot roast to "catch on," sticking to the pot just enough to brown

Examples:

EN: I catch on quick.
ES: - Entiendo rápido.
EN: Look. All right. I catch on to why a horse, why a chicken, why a this, why a that.
ES: Entiendo el porqué del caballo, porqué del pollo, porqué esto, lo otro.
EN: I no catch on to why a duck.
ES: Sólo que no entiendo por qué un pato.
EN: I catch on!
ES: - ¡Te seguiré la corriente!
EN: For a minute, I didn't catch on.
ES: No le estaba entendiendo.
EN: No, you don't catch on.
ES: No, no lo entiendes.
EN: Uh oh! Not too close, or you catch on fire.
ES: No tan cerca, o van a incendiarse.
EN: Oh, you're gonna take her. I catch on.
ES: ♪ Ya, te la llevas, ya lo pillo ♪
EN: I catch on.
ES: Lo pillo.
EN: I catch on .. you don't have to explain.
ES: Lo pillo, no hace falta que lo expliques.
EN: Oh, you catch on.
ES: - Ah, ya entendiste.
EN: I'll catch on.
ES: Ya lo pillo.
EN: I knew you'd catch on.
ES: Eres listo.
EN: - I catch on. - Oh, shut up.
ES: - No hace falta que te esfuerces.
EN: Just as our sketches are beginning to catch on in New York. Oh that's only chickenfeed compared to this racket.
ES: ¿Para qué entrar en el mundo del espectáculo, si nuestros diseños empiezan a ir bien en Nueva York?

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