Catch on and Release

Catch on

Catch on verb - Understand, usually after some initial difficulty.

Release is an antonym for catch on in topics: appreciate, understand, become aware of.

Release

Release verb - To set free (from a state of being held in check).

Catch on is an antonym for release.

Nearby Words: released, releasing

Both terms in one sentence

  • Vanilla Edition It's even more annoying as anime companies used to release the box sets WITH the extras, until thinpaks started to catch on.
  • Coincidentally the console took the video game industry by storm despite people within Sony, video game journalists and consumers claiming that It Will Never Catch On before release.
  • His human companions take a while to catch on that this isn't just an affectation: he does this to vent excess steam from his boiler without betraying his position to enemies or rainforest predators, the way a normal steamman's pressure-release whistle would.
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