Catch on
Catch on verb - Understand, usually after some initial difficulty.
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- It Will Never Catch On: In "Ted at the Helm", set in 1960, Ted tells Spike that putting an ostrich puppet on his arm and pretending to bite people is a terrible idea, as no-one will either identify with an ostrich or take kindly to being bitten.
Source: Series / Hi-de-Hi!
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