phrasal verb

Cotton on

Letter CInseparable

Cotton on

Work out the truth

Meanings

Work out the truth (intransitive, International English)

Examples

It took me ages to COTTON ON to what they were planning.

Related

cotton + …Same base verb … + onSame particle

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