If you cotton on to something, you understand it or realize it, especially without people telling you about it. She had already cottoned on to the fact that the nanny was not all she appeared It wasn't until he started laughing that they cottoned on! = catch on
If you cotton to someone or something, you start to like them. His style of humor was very human, and that's why people cotton to him It seemed to me that I was being shut out of the dialogue and that's something I just don't cotton to
cotton on to
Silbentrennung
Cot·ton on to
Türkische aussprache
kôtın ôn tı
Aussprache
/ˈkôtən ˈôn tə/ /ˈkɔːtən ˈɔːn tə/
Etymologie
[ 'kä-t&n ] (noun.) 14th century. Middle English coton, from Middle French, from Arabic qutun.