Definition of cotton on Cotton on
cot•ton on
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What does cotton on mean?
WordNet
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| cotton on - understand, usually after some initial difficulty; "She didn't know what her classmates were plotting but finally caught on" | ||
| catch on, get wise, get onto, tumble, latch on, twig, get it | ||
| get the picture, grok, savvy, grasp, apprehend, compass, comprehend, dig get the meaning of something; "Do you comprehend the meaning of this letter?" | ||
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Wiktionary 
- cotton on (Verb)
To realize; come to understand.
