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Meanings of catch on in English
Synonyms
Examples for "tumble"
Examples for "tumble"
1
We sink in water; in air we tumble; on earth we stumble.
2
Shane Long obviously likes a tumble but is clearly a good player.
3
The tumble returned shares to levels last seen in late October 1999.
4
We don't often see power take such a tumble in this country.
5
If stock values tumble, so does the value of funds under management.
1
In India the tooth-brush consists of a twig or a little branch.
2
Once more she listened for the breaking twig and the light step.
3
Suddenly a twig was heard to snap in the thicket before him.
4
Yellow-Knobs hung up his hammock under a twig in the rose garden.
5
Then he took a twig from the bush and set him free.
1
It seems strange, but the husband always seems to get wise last.
2
Say, will you get wise to the dude with the red necktie?
3
But what if the pirates get wise, and start wearing earplugs?
4
But, so close as this, they'd get wise in a minute.
5
You've got to get wise to the trick of holding what you get.
1
I was sure they'd get onto the list this time, but no.
2
Bastarache had managed to get onto the twenty and was heading west.
3
Just get onto that house; it looks like a mission-style switch engine.
4
But 2005, Sina opened my blog, forced me to get onto internet.
5
Lennon had one saved, with Defoe unable to get onto the rebound.
1
Bush stepped past her and snapped the latch on the office door.
2
Pete's left hand drifted down to the latch on the safety belt.
3
It finds things it can latch on to and multiplies the threat.
4
He slid the latch on the cell door across and stepped inside.
5
As I lifted the latch on the gate he opened his trap.
1
The cotton on the hillside fields wasn't going to amount to anything.
2
We cross a gravel road with cotton on either side of it.
3
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4
I just couldn't find the time to plant cotton on it this year.
5
Consequently, there were many who cultivated cotton on a small scale.
1
In a live environment there's no way to get it 'just right'.
2
Handing him a familiar problem was the best way to get it.
3
Where's New Zealand going to get it's food from in 30 years?
4
We had to allow people to help us get it this far.
5
I love jollof rice, but never get it quite right at home.
Usage of catch on in English
1
The resulting lower prices could help the technology catch on far quicker.
2
The hinges are on one trunk and the catch on the other.
3
We think it will catch on, said Omega ATS President Mike Bignell.
4
Steel cases offered the remains of the day's catch on crushed ice.
5
Instead, the brass catch on top of the case popped open easily.
6
The exchanges initiative has failed to catch on with banks so far.
7
It was Walker's third catch on the drive, good for 55 yards.
8
It was a powerful idea, but it took time to catch on.
9
That's pretty amazing; I never expected it to catch on that quickly.
10
Or maybe we just don't believe that they will catch on here.
11
Within hours, I watched St. Louis catch on to what had happened.
12
I never dreamt that they would catch on the way they did.
13
If you know figures, you can catch on in half a day.
14
Think that kind of arrangement could ever catch on in this country?
15
It is doubtful that these will catch on with the wider public.
16
HP tablets made using Palm's webOS operating system failed to catch on.
This collocation consists of:
Catch on through the time
Catch on across language varieties
United States of America
Common
Ireland
Common
South Africa
Common
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