cotton on

To begin to understand something; to grasp fully; to catch on. Primarily heard in UK. It took me a few moments to cotton on, but I soon realized that they were talking about me.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Hilarion	-	Ancient Greek
Angela	AN-jəl-ə (English), AHN-je-lah (Italian), AHNG-ge-lah (German)	English, Italian, German, Dutch, Romanian, Slovene, Slovak, Russian, Macedonian, Late Roman
Chadwick	['tʃædwik]
Jimena	hee-ME-nah	Spanish
Nadia (2)	-	Arabic
Adelina	[.ædi'li:nə]