cotton on
informal— phrasal verb with cotton uk/ˈkɒt.ən/us/ˈkɑː.t̬ən/verb
to begin to understand a situation or fact:
I'd only just cottoned on to the fact that they were having a relationship.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Understanding and comprehending
- apprehend
- apprehension
- at your fingertips idiom
- attune
- bear in on/upon
- common
- fathom
- feel
- fingertip
- hit
- make sth/sb out
- mind
- picture
- plumb
- read between the lines idiom
- reading
- realization
- realize
- take sth in
- twig
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