Sentences with catch on
catch on
C c - He got what he could out of me before I caught on to the kind of person he'd turned into. [VERB PREPOSITION + to]
- The idea has been around for ages without catching on. [VERB PREPOSITION]
- To catch a criminal; to catch a runaway horse.
- To catch a fish.
- To catch a ball; a barrel to catch rain.
- I caught him stealing the pumpkin.
- To catch a cold.
- He caught her arm.
- The closing door caught his arm.
- He caught his coat on a nail.
- The painting caught his fancy. His speech caught our attention.
- She caught her breath in surprise. He caught himself before he said the wrong thing.
- To catch a show.
- The blow caught him on the head.
- I caught the spirit of the occasion.
- To catch the clasp on a necklace.
- No one was caught by his sugary words.
- She was caught by his smile and good nature.
- She failed to catch his meaning.
- We caught snatches of their conversation.
- The painting caught her expression perfectly.
- The town doctor caught more than four hundred children before he retired.
- Her foot caught in the net.
- The door lock doesn't catch.
- He catches for the Yankees.
- The kindling caught instantly.
- It seems so easy that there must be a catch somewhere.
- The fisherman brought home a large catch.
- My mother thinks Pat would be quite a catch.
- To play catch; to have a catch.
- Catches of a song.
- A catch of clover.
- He'll catch it from his mother for tearing his good trousers again.
- He didn't have to explain; I caught on right away.
- It's a crummy idea, and I certainly hope it does not catch on.