Catch on to
Catch on to verb - To have a clear idea of.
Usage example: he finally caught on to the concept of phototaxis
Make and catch on to are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Make" instead a verb "Catch on to".
Make
Make verb - To have a clear idea of.
Usage example: what do you make of the latest information?
Catch on to and make are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Catch on to" instead a verb "Make".
Both terms in one sentence
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Del never quite seems to catch on to the fact that "Yuppie" is an insult, or that a trenchcoat, braces and a filofax do not make him one.
Source: Series / Only Fools and Horses -
Earlier, Prince John and his guards fail to see through Robin and Little John's gypsy costumes, though it does make John more perceptive to catch on to Robin the second time around.
- Double-subverted when it turns out telling the truth was a Batman Gambit to make Ennesby trigger a query trap when he tried to confirm the story using the Hypernet, and nobody was able to catch on to that.
Source: Consummate Liar
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