catch onto

catch onto something

[for something] to snag on or get grabbed by something else. (See also onto something.) This little piece has to catch onto this gear each time it comes around. A few threads of my shirt caught onto the cactus needles and ruined the whole thing.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Johanna	yo-HAH-nah (German), yo-HAHN-nah (Danish, Dutch), YO-hahn-nah (Finnish)	German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Dutch, Hungarian, Finnish, Estonian, English, Late Roman
Fairuz	-	Arabic
Gallchobhar	-	Irish (Rare)
Burr	[bə:]
TÁHirih	-	History
Circe	SUR-see (English)	Greek Mythology (Latinized)