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Definition of catch on phrasal verb from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

catch on

phrasal verb

Phrasal Verbs

to become popular or fashionable He invented a new game, but it never really caught on.

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(informal)

to understand something He is very quick to catch on to things.

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