catch on

Meaning

1. Oxford60% of films

   to become popular or fashionable

   Well, I hope that doesn't catch on

2. Oxford30% of films

   to understand sth

   You'll catch on.

In the movies · 30

• I m looking for Before she catches onAnastasia1997
• Well, I hope that doesn't catch onAtlas Shrugged: Part I2011
• But now coming in the warmer months is catching on.Downton Abbey: A New Era2022
• You'll catch on.Avengers: Age of Ultron2015
• Then they'll find out. They'll catch on.Twelve Monkeys1995
• The rest of the critics will catch on.Pollock2000
• Who'd have thought that would catch on, eh?The Trip2011
• Or eggs. Or painting. I'm sorry, that could never catch on.Ice Age: The Great Egg-Scapade2016

Learn it in full scenes

• Atlas Shrugged: Part I2011
  • Dagny Defies James Over Rearden Metal
  • Dagny and Rearden's Metal Deal
  • Rearden Gives Lillian a Metal Gift
• Downton Abbey: A New Era2022
  • Violet Gives Sybbie a French Villa
  • Jack Barber Pitches Filming at Downton
  • Hollywood Comes to Downton
• The Trip2011
  • Steve and Rob Set Off
  • Steve and Rob Share a Room
  • The Michael Caine Impression Duel

From the same entry

• catch your breath
• catch your death
• catch eye
• catch it
• catch napping
• catch on the hop
• catch red - handed
• catch with their pants down
• off balance
• be in a cleft stick
• the early bird catches the worm
• catch fancy

More phrasal verbs

• come in
• fool around
• come out
• go against
• keep out
• mess around
• go on doing
• stick up for
• come on
• get ahead
• stick out
• add up