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Description
Phrasal verb: Catch on
Spanish translation: 1. comprender, darse cuenta, 2. imponerse como tendencia
Definition: 1. to understand something or realize that something is happening, 2. to become popular
Used in sentences:
1. The manager finally caught on that his web developer was not interested in the new position.
2. Did you catch on to what was happening in the meeting?
3. That music trend really caught on in the United States.
Related words or phrases: 1.understand, grasp, observe, 2. become trendy, fashionable, appropriated, accepted