cotton on

English - Turkish

Definition of cotton on in English Turkish dictionary

çakozlamak

farkına varmak

(Dilbilim) bir konuyu kavramak

(Dilbilim) idrak etmek

kavramak

anlamak

(deyim) jeton düşmek

pamuk

Related Terms

cotton on to

(Konuşma Dili) (bir şeye) uyanmak

cotton on to

anlamak

cotton on to

çakmak

cotton on to

dostluk kurmak

English - English

Definition of cotton on in English English dictionary

To realize; come to understand

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

{f} catch on, start to understand

Hyphenation

Cot·ton on

Turkish pronunciation

kôtın ôn

Synonyms

glom on

Pronunciation

/ˈkôtən ˈôn/ /ˈkɔːtən ˈɔːn/

Etymology

[ 'kä-t&n ] (noun.) 14th century. Middle English coton, from Middle French, from Arabic qutun.