catch on
Example Sentences
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Normally a quick study, Lucas struggled to catch on.
Investors might want to take advantage of what technical signals suggest is a longer-term trend, before the rest of the market catches on.
From Barron's
Last weekend, a 12-year-old girl was caught on video dangling from a Mammoth ski lift dozens of feet above the ground.
From Los Angeles Times
"If you said, 'I love doing the laundry,'" Sam explained, "that would be code, and it would really mean—" He waited for his mother to catch on.
From Literature
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But even if these other applications catch on, Saluzzi said, there is no reason to expect their adoption would be a boon for bitcoin or other cryptocurrencies.
From MarketWatch
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