cotton on

• Verbe à particule signifiant commencer à comprendre ou à réaliser quelque chose, souvent après une période de confusion ou d'ignorance.

A phrasal verb used to indicate the act of beginning to understand or realize something, often after a period of confusion or lack of awareness.

indénombrable · intransitif · phrasal, inséparable

1. informalbritish

   To begin to understand or realize something, often after a period of confusion.

   Comprendre, se rendre compte

   • It took a while, but she finally cottoned on to what he was saying.
   • He didn't cotton on to the joke until everyone else was laughing.
   • The students quickly cottoned on to the new teaching method.

   Synonymescatch oncomprehendfathomfigure outgetgrasprealizeseetwigwise up

Verbe de basecotton