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to cotton on
[phrase form: cotton]
01
to manage to understand something, typically following an initial period of challenge or difficulty
Grammatical Information
Composition
phrasal
Action verb
Regular
Inseparable
Particle
on
Base verb
cotton
Present tense
cotton on
3rd person singular
cottons on
Present participle
cottoning on
Past simple
cottoned on
Past participle
cottoned on
Examples
It took a while, but eventually, she cottoned on to the new software and started using it efficiently.
