cotton on
To realize; come to understandTo realize; come to understand.
» Tom's just cottoned on to the fact he's single now.
Том лише зараз усвідомив той факт, що він тепер без пари. — deniko · CC BY 2.0 FR
deniko · Tatoeba · CC0Meaning
1 sensesTo realize; come to understand.
understand, usually after some initial difficulty
Examples
4 sentencesTom's just cottoned on to the fact he's single now.
Том лише зараз усвідомив той факт, що він тепер без пари. — deniko · CC BY 2.0 FR
It took him ages to cotton on to the joke.
ruШутка доходила до него как до жирафа. — marafon
I quite cottoned on to that man.
deIch habe den Mann voll und ganz verstanden. — Tamy
It was some time before I cottoned on to what she meant.
ruДо меня не сразу дошло, что она хочет сказать. — marafon
deEs dauerte etwas, bis ich begriff, was sie sagen wollte. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Translations
1 languagesForms
cottons on, cottoning on, cottoned on, cottoned on| Base form | cotton on · to cotton on |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | cottons on |
| Present participle | cottoning on |
| Past simple | cottoned on |
| Past participle | cottoned on |
irregular
Phrasal verbs
2 phrasal verbsSynonyms
8 synonymsWord family
1 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Phrasal verbs: introduction — Because it is a phrasal verb