catch on to
Example Sentences
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But when the rock structures in these faults are more complex and jagged, these structures catch on to one another and get stuck.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 5, 2024
Will Cornelius, the vice president of Cornelius Seed, told the lawmakers people working in the seed industry are aware but the wider public has yet to catch on to China’s interest in America’s farms.
From Washington Times ● Aug. 3, 2023
"The island resident population have started to catch on to this," said Michael Cecil, chair of the Rathlin Development and Community Association.
From BBC ● Jul. 5, 2023
Once opponents started to catch on to what McVay’s Rams were doing, possibly starting with an ugly, 13-3 loss to Bill Belichick’s Patriots in Super Bowl LIII, Goff’s many limitations were exposed.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 16, 2022
For an eternity they hung in space, screaming and straining and reaching for something to catch on to.
From "145th Street: Short Stories" by Walter Dean Myers
