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cotton on
verb
(cot-ton on)
understand, usually after some initial difficulty
Synonyms:
catch on, get it, get onto, get wise, latch on,
tumble
,
twig
,
Words Related to
cotton on
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twig
,
tumble
,
catch on
,
get it
,
get onto
,
latch on
,
cotton to
,
take hold
,
get across
,
hit on
,
fall into place
,
puzzle over
,
find oneself
,
bring about
,
come by
,
have in mind
,
bear in mind
,
have on
,
come across
,
drag up
,
let in
,
get at
,
peck at
,
get hold of
,
pick at
,
set in motion
,
put through
,
concentrate on
,
come forth
,
underget
,
come to mind
,
bring forth
,
beclip
,
slip by
,
blurt out
,
take heed
,
go about
,
bump into
,
carry off
,
jump at
,
attend to
,
overget
,
keep down
,
bring forward
,
skip over
,
come to light
,
tread on
,
sympathize with
,
umbecast
,
set about
,
put across
,
sneak in
,
look upon
,
put over
,
strike home
,
crop up
,
incognizance
,
swallow up
,
besit
,
blow over
,
give out
,
come at
,
come round
,
overgo
,
fall upon
,
think over
,
keep apart
,
neurad
,
take after
,
call forth
,
score off
,
go without
,
run across
,
take to heart
,
go past
,
beclap
,
drive at
,
spring up
,
firk
,
prepare for
,
puzzle out
,
spring to mind
,
bear with
,
get about
,
go across
,
eclaircise
,
beteem
,
sacar
,
come over
,
gather in
,
beknow
,
baccare
,
getatable
,
overknowing
,
tellable
,
sneak up
,
change state
,
eat into
,
think up
,
bring round
,
cotton on
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