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What does catch on mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word catch on? Here's what it means.

Verb
  1. (intransitive, idiomatic) To begin to understand; to realize.
  2. (intransitive, idiomatic) To become popular; to become commonplace; to become the standard.
  3. (intransitive, New England, dated, of food) To become stuck to the cooking vessel; to brown or burn slightly.
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Some commentators believe soccer is fundamentally foreign to the American psyche and will never catch on.
With a few hours of ski lessons, many beginners catch on well enough to find themselves hooked for life on a downhill descent.
Tennis players are the ones that catch on to beach volleyball the fastest because of the hand-eye coordination.
Although iTV will take some time to catch on, this will most probably move in line with the quality and quantity of the service provided.
It's another difficult wreck to shot, lying along the tide with a smooth keel exposed, so the grapple has little to catch on.
Park and ride schemes were trumpeted amid much enthusiasm more than a decade ago but took a long time to catch on in Swindon.

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